The literary conference
By: César Aira ; translated by Katherine Silver
Contributors: Silver, Katherine, translator
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9780241965924
Subjects: Fiction; Human cloning
Work titles: Congreso de literatura
Description: Cesar is a translator who's fallen on very hard times due to the global economic downturn; he is also an author, and a mad scientist hell-bent on world domination. On a visit to the beach he intuitively solves an ancient riddle, finds a pirate's treasure, and becomes a very wealthy man. Even so, Cesar's bid for world domination comes first and so he attends a literary conference to be near the man whose clone he hopes will lead an army to victory: the world-renowned Mexican author, Carlos Fuentes. A comic science fiction fantasy.
Notes: "First published by Ediciones ERA, Argentina, as El congreso de literatura in 2006"--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: The Macuto line; title: Part 2: The conference.