Asleep in the Sun (New York Review Books Classics)
In a seriocomic saga of a man imprisoned by himself and the machinations of the world, a Buenos Aires watchmaker is talked into institutionalizing his wife because she can't decide what sort of dog she wants. "Casares's black comedy is a witty and ironic comment on our desires and the social structures we have created," determined PW.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.