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It is 1837 and a brilliant German artist sets out to cross the mountains between Chile and Argentina. Perhaps nobody before him has been able to paint the sights that unfold: vast chasms, surreal plants and animals… But then something goes appallingly wrong. This is one of Aira’s great works, filled with his baffling ability to veer between grandeur and absurdity.

Each page fails to provide clues as to what lies in wait for the reader on the next.

 

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Publication: 17 Apr 2025, Penguin 
ISBN: 9780241746882
Extent: 112 pages

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An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter by Cesar Aira

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      Description

      It is 1837 and a brilliant German artist sets out to cross the mountains between Chile and Argentina. Perhaps nobody before him has been able to paint the sights that unfold: vast chasms, surreal plants and animals… But then something goes appallingly wrong. This is one of Aira’s great works, filled with his baffling ability to veer between grandeur and absurdity.

      Each page fails to provide clues as to what lies in wait for the reader on the next.

       

      Paperback
      Publication: 17 Apr 2025, Penguin 
      ISBN: 9780241746882
      Extent: 112 pages

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