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4058382Giles Goat-Boyhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/giles-goat-boy-9780804152495/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2986814/823264f7-e85a-47f7-b973-8c59cf6435f5.jpg?v=638384725090270000173199MXNKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p>From the author of National Book Award-nominated <em>Lost in the Funhouse</em>, comes an outrageously farcical adventure that challenges our notions of technology, power, and human nature.</p><p>"[Barth] ran riot over literary rules and conventions, even as he displayed, with meticulous discipline, mastery of and respect for them." <em>The New York Times</em></p><p><em>Giles Goat-Boy</em> tells the story of a human boy raised as a goat who comes to believe that he is humanitys prophesied messiah. In an absurdist universe that takes the form of a unversity--divided into an authoritarian East Campus and a more open West Campus--young George Giles rises to assume the title of Grand Tutor, the spiritual leader of the world and heroic defender of his people against the threat of a tyrannical computer system. Hailed as a "fantasy of theology, sociology, and sex" (<em>Time</em> magazine), <em>Giles Goat-Boy</em> has long been one of John Barths most popular and multi-layered narratives.</p>...3994245Giles Goat-Boy173199https://www.gandhi.com.mx/giles-goat-boy-9780804152495/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2986814/823264f7-e85a-47f7-b973-8c59cf6435f5.jpg?v=638384725090270000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20149780804152495_W3siaWQiOiI0MzdkYjhiOC1lM2ZhLTQ1MDAtOWY1YS01MWIyZTc1YjliODQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjE2MywiZGlzY291bnQiOjE2LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE0NywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDItMDVUMDc6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780804152495_<p>In this outrageously farcical adventure, hero George Giles sets out to conquer the terrible <em>Wescac</em> computer system that threatens to destroy his community in this brilliant fantasy of theology, sociology, and sex (<em>Time</em>).</p>...(*_*)9780804152495_<p>From the author of National Book Award-nominated <em>Lost in the Funhouse</em>, comes an outrageously farcical adventure that challenges our notions of technology, power, and human nature.</p><p>"[Barth] ran riot over literary rules and conventions, even as he displayed, with meticulous discipline, mastery of and respect for them." <em>The New York Times</em></p><p><em>Giles Goat-Boy</em> tells the story of a human boy raised as a goat who comes to believe that he is humanitys prophesied messiah. In an absurdist universe that takes the form of a unversity--divided into an authoritarian East Campus and a more open West Campus--young George Giles rises to assume the title of Grand Tutor, the spiritual leader of the world and heroic defender of his people against the threat of a tyrannical computer system. Hailed as a "fantasy of theology, sociology, and sex" (<em>Time</em> magazine), <em>Giles Goat-Boy</em> has long been one of John Barths most popular and multi-layered narratives.</p>...9780804152495_Knopf Doubleday Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_b01efbe6-7316-3a22-947b-d814c27b00d5_9780804152495;9780804152495_9780804152495John BarthInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/RandomHouse-epub-d1a4d024-bc71-41c9-9c72-0c897721159d.epub2014-06-25T00:00:00+00:00Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group