Description
“I don’t know if we hypnotized each other,” writes Aira. That’s exactly the feeling, the deep group dive into the abyss, the folie à collective. In “Athena Magazine,” it becomes a kind of mathematical giddiness, an endlessly-deferred consummation of special double issues. The waste of energy and time that turns out to be the most important work of all. - Hari Kunzru, author of The Impressionist
About the Author: César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949. New Directions publishes many of his books including the novels Ghosts, Conversations, The Literary Conference, and the story collection The Musical Brain. In 2014 he was shortlisted for the Neustadt International Prize.
About the Translator: The poet Chris Andrews teaches at the University of Western Sydney and is a primary translator of Roberto Bolaño and César Aira.
About the Guest Editor: Hari Kunzru is the author of the novels The Impressionist (2002), Transmission (2004), My Revolutions (2007), and Gods Without Men (2011), as well as a short story collection, Noise (2006), and a novella, Memory Palace (2013). He lives in New York City.
New Directions is an independent publisher of literary fiction and poetry founded by James Laughlin in 1936. Its writers include Clarice Lispector, Jorge Luis Borges, Muriel Spark, Roberto Bolaño, Helen DeWitt, W.G. Sebald, Susan Howe, and many others. For more information, please visit ndbooks.com.
About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature’s weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction.
About the Author: César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949. New Directions publishes many of his books including the novels Ghosts, Conversations, The Literary Conference, and the story collection The Musical Brain. In 2014 he was shortlisted for the Neustadt International Prize.
About the Translator: The poet Chris Andrews teaches at the University of Western Sydney and is a primary translator of Roberto Bolaño and César Aira.
About the Guest Editor: Hari Kunzru is the author of the novels The Impressionist (2002), Transmission (2004), My Revolutions (2007), and Gods Without Men (2011), as well as a short story collection, Noise (2006), and a novella, Memory Palace (2013). He lives in New York City.
New Directions is an independent publisher of literary fiction and poetry founded by James Laughlin in 1936. Its writers include Clarice Lispector, Jorge Luis Borges, Muriel Spark, Roberto Bolaño, Helen DeWitt, W.G. Sebald, Susan Howe, and many others. For more information, please visit ndbooks.com.
About the Publisher: Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature’s weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction.
Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
17 pages
Language
English
Published
Mar 8, 2015
Publisher
Electric Literature