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Le Café des fous
Felipe Alfau

Seuil, 1992

Locos: A Comedy of Gestures (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))

9 reviews
Felipe Alfau

Dalkey Archive Press, 1997

work of a genius
This may sound absurd - but "Locos-...." is truly the work of a genius. Some books surpass the boundaries of time and this is one such book. To summarize the book in one sentence will be like this "non-characters are characters, fiction is reality and solutions are problems". Felipe Alfau was a strange character and so are his books - very very different, they remind us of the writings of ...

Sentimental Songs/LA Poesia Cursi
Felipe Alfau

Dalkey Archive Press, 1992

Almost lost to literary history, Felipe Alfau was rediscovered in 1988 with the republication of his proto-postmodernist novel Locos; in 1990 his only other novel, Chromos (written in 1948), was published for the first time, winning great critical acclaim and a nomination for the National Book Award. His published work is now complete with Sentimental Songs, his collection of poetry. Written between 1923 and 1987 (thus predating ...

The witch of Amboto. (Three Old Tales from Spain) (short story) (Georges Perec/Felipe Alfau): An article ...
Felipe Alfau

Review of Contemporary Fiction, 1993

This digital document is an article from The Review of Contemporary Fiction, published by Review of Contemporary Fiction on March 22, 1993. The length of the article is 2844 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: The witch of ...

Chromos (American Literature (Dalkey Archive))

5 reviews
Felipe Alfau

Dalkey Archive Press, 1999

A Little-Known Postmodern Classic
There are so many interesting things to say about Felipe Alfau and his novel, "Chromos," that it is difficult to decide where to begin. There is the novel itself, of course, a complex and sometimes difficult post-modernist narrative written years before the appearance of the so-called post-modernists (Alfau was, in other words, ahead of his time). There is the history of the novel's ...

Locos: una Comedia de Gestos
Felipe Alfau

Editorial Planeta Mexicana, 1992

Spanish language edition of 'Locos: A Comedy of Gestures.' "First published in 1936 and unjustly ignored for the next half century, this novel anticipates the magic realism of modern Latin American fiction. Neatly divided into segments that read like short stories, it juggles a congeries of absurdist types such as pimps, beggars, and priests in what can be taken as a metaphor for Spain today." - Library Journal

From Chromos.(Excerpt): An article from: The Review of Contemporary Fiction
Felipe Alfau

Thomson Gale, 2007

This digital document is an article from The Review of Contemporary Fiction, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2007. The length of the article is 8777 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: From Chromos.(Excerpt) Author: ...

The clover. (Three Old Tales from Spain) (short story) (Georges Perec/Felipe Alfau): An article from: The ...
Felipe Alfau

Review of Contemporary Fiction, 1993

This digital document is an article from The Review of Contemporary Fiction, published by Review of Contemporary Fiction on March 22, 1993. The length of the article is 3080 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: The clover. ...

The rainbow. (Three Old Tales from Spain) (short story) (Georges Perec/Felipe Alfau): An article from: The ...
Felipe Alfau

Review of Contemporary Fiction, 1993

This digital document is an article from The Review of Contemporary Fiction, published by Review of Contemporary Fiction on March 22, 1993. The length of the article is 3216 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: The rainbow. ...

Sentimental Songs/ (La Poesia Cursi)
Felipe Alfau

Dalkey Archive Press, 1992

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