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César Aira (Argentine Spanish: [ˈsesaɾ ˈajɾa]; born 23 February 1949 in Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentinian writer and translator, and an exponent of contemporary Argentinian literature. Aira has published over a hundred short books of stories, novels and essays.
Sui generis is really the only way to accurately describe César Aira, the Argentine author who somehow manages to write a handful of novels every year. But not only is he unlike any other...
Dec 28, 2012 · César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina in 1949, and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He taught at the University of Buenos Aires (about Copi and Rimbaud) and at the University of Rosario (Constructivism and Mallarmé), and has translated and edited books from France, England, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Mexico, and Venezuela.
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Jun 5, 2021 · César Aira's The Divorce, a 2008 novel now out in English, centers around one charged moment at a Buenos Aires cafe, when water falling from an awning suddenly drenches a passing bicyclist.
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César Tomás Aira González nació el 23 de febrero del año 1949 en la ciudad de Coronel Pringles, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. [7] De ascendencia gallega, su abuelo, Robustiano, era oriundo del municipio de Junquera de Ambía , provincia de Orense .
Jun 1, 2021 · As in earlier novels, like “Ghosts” and “The Hare,” Aira captures the texture of the world by flying away from it. Rather than a rejection of reality, his dreamlike sequences are an ...
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Jan 27, 2017 · Alena Graedon on how Jorge Luis Borges influenced the Argentinian writer César Aira, whose novel “Ema, the Captive” was recently released in English.
