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The Story
"On a building site of a new, luxury apartment building, visitors looked up at the strange, irregular form of the water tank that crowned the edifice, and the big parabolic dish that would supply television images to all the floors. On the edge of the dish, a sharp metallic edge on which no bird would have dared to perch, three completely naked men were sitting, with their faces turned up to the midday sun; no one saw them, of course." -- from Ghosts
Ghosts is about a construction worker's family squatting on a building site. They all see large and handsome ghosts around their quarters, but the teenage daughter is the most curious. Her questions about them become more and more heartfelt until the story reaches a critical, chilling moment when the mother realizes that her daughter's life hangs in the balance.
Author: César Aira
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 6.96h x 5.46w x 0.36d
ISBN: 9780811217422
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/22/2008 pg. 31
New York Times Book Review 03/08/2009 pg. 19
New York Times Book Review 03/15/2009 pg. 18
New Yorker (The) 03/30/2009 pg. 71
New York Review of Books 01/13/2011 pg. 36
About the Author
Aira, Cesar: - Nominated for a Neustadt Award and the Man Booker International Prize, Cesar Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949. He has published at least eighty books and was most recently the creator of a limited edition, "The Valise," for the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.Andrews, Chris: - The poet and translator Chris Andrews has won the Valle Inclan Prize and the French-American Translation Prize for his work.Aira, César: - César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina in 1949, and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He won the 2021 Formentor Prize and was shortlisted for the 2015 Booker International Prize.
Ghosts is about a construction worker's family squatting on a building site. They all see large and handsome ghosts around their quarters, but the teenage daughter is the most curious. Her questions about them become more and more heartfelt until the story reaches a critical, chilling moment when the mother realizes that her daughter's life hangs in the balance.
Author: César Aira
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 6.96h x 5.46w x 0.36d
ISBN: 9780811217422
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/22/2008 pg. 31
New York Times Book Review 03/08/2009 pg. 19
New York Times Book Review 03/15/2009 pg. 18
New Yorker (The) 03/30/2009 pg. 71
New York Review of Books 01/13/2011 pg. 36
About the Author
Aira, Cesar: - Nominated for a Neustadt Award and the Man Booker International Prize, Cesar Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949. He has published at least eighty books and was most recently the creator of a limited edition, "The Valise," for the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.Andrews, Chris: - The poet and translator Chris Andrews has won the Valle Inclan Prize and the French-American Translation Prize for his work.Aira, César: - César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina in 1949, and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He won the 2021 Formentor Prize and was shortlisted for the 2015 Booker International Prize.
Description
"On a building site of a new, luxury apartment building, visitors looked up at the strange, irregular form of the water tank that crowned the edifice, and the big parabolic dish that would supply television images to all the floors. On the edge of the dish, a sharp metallic edge on which no bird would have dared to perch, three completely naked men were sitting, with their faces turned up to the midday sun; no one saw them, of course." -- from Ghosts
Ghosts is about a construction worker's family squatting on a building site. They all see large and handsome ghosts around their quarters, but the teenage daughter is the most curious. Her questions about them become more and more heartfelt until the story reaches a critical, chilling moment when the mother realizes that her daughter's life hangs in the balance.
Author: César Aira
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 6.96h x 5.46w x 0.36d
ISBN: 9780811217422
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/22/2008 pg. 31
New York Times Book Review 03/08/2009 pg. 19
New York Times Book Review 03/15/2009 pg. 18
New Yorker (The) 03/30/2009 pg. 71
New York Review of Books 01/13/2011 pg. 36
About the Author
Aira, Cesar: - Nominated for a Neustadt Award and the Man Booker International Prize, Cesar Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949. He has published at least eighty books and was most recently the creator of a limited edition, "The Valise," for the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.Andrews, Chris: - The poet and translator Chris Andrews has won the Valle Inclan Prize and the French-American Translation Prize for his work.Aira, César: - César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina in 1949, and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He won the 2021 Formentor Prize and was shortlisted for the 2015 Booker International Prize.
Ghosts is about a construction worker's family squatting on a building site. They all see large and handsome ghosts around their quarters, but the teenage daughter is the most curious. Her questions about them become more and more heartfelt until the story reaches a critical, chilling moment when the mother realizes that her daughter's life hangs in the balance.
Author: César Aira
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 6.96h x 5.46w x 0.36d
ISBN: 9780811217422
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/22/2008 pg. 31
New York Times Book Review 03/08/2009 pg. 19
New York Times Book Review 03/15/2009 pg. 18
New Yorker (The) 03/30/2009 pg. 71
New York Review of Books 01/13/2011 pg. 36
About the Author
Aira, Cesar: - Nominated for a Neustadt Award and the Man Booker International Prize, Cesar Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949. He has published at least eighty books and was most recently the creator of a limited edition, "The Valise," for the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.Andrews, Chris: - The poet and translator Chris Andrews has won the Valle Inclan Prize and the French-American Translation Prize for his work.Aira, César: - César Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina in 1949, and has lived in Buenos Aires since 1967. He won the 2021 Formentor Prize and was shortlisted for the 2015 Booker International Prize.
