FICTION

Conversations

by César Aira
New Directions. 2014. 96p. tr. from Spanish by Katherine Silver. ISBN 9780811221108. pap. $13.95; ebk. ISBN 9780811221115. F
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The prolific and prodigiously talented Aira (The Hare) can make much with a little, as exemplified by this slim and effortlessly entertaining book. When two friends discuss a movie they had seen on TV, the narrator laughs about the gold Rolex watch inadvertently revealed on the wrist of the actor playing a lowly goatherd. The puzzled reaction of his friend, who missed the scene, sets off a spiraling conversation about art, politics, killer algae, Hollywood stars, and Immanuel Kant. It's witty, but it also shows how everything connects.
Reviewed by Barbara Hoffert , Dec 01, 2014
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