Ilustrado

Name: Ilustrado
Brand: Pan Macmillan
SKU: 2305250

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2369015Ilustradohttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/ilustrado-9780330532600/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3737174/e8af33dd-41d6-4df2-8b72-53d7a9f330cb.jpg?v=638385800721770000226257MXNPan MacmillanInStock/Ebooks/A dazzling and virtuosic adventure Joseph OConnor, author of Star of the SeaInternationally Bestselling Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008With Ilustrado, Miguel Syjuco obliges us to remake the canons of our great classics of contemporary literature. Ilustrado is, literally, a masterpiece Alberto ManguelIt begins with a body. One anonymous winter day, the corpse of Crispin Salvador is pulled from the Hudson River. Gone is the controversial giant of Asian literature. And missing is the only manuscript of his final book, an exposé of the corrupt roots of the ruling Filipino families, meant to restore his once dazzling reputation. His student, Miguel, is suspicious of the suicide verdict. He investigates: first sifting through the dead mans work for clues, then journeying from New York to Manila, seeking out family, colleagues, and anyone who might hold pieces of the puzzle.But when Miguel assembles the fragments of his mentors past, this ambitious and rewarding novel expands into far wider contexts political, social, historical, literary. As patterns emerge, the mystery of a death deepens into the greater mysteries of life and the reader makes increasingly significant discoveries of their own, until the startling revelation of the final page.A big, bold, cunning, impassioned, plangent and very funny book ScotsmanBristling with comic verve, metafictional playfulness, and an undertone of expatriate nostalgia . . . an impressive, vibrant mix of Borgesian literary labyrinth and acerbic émigré comedy Sunday TimesA seethingly ambitious debut . . . US critics have cited Bolaño as an obvious comparison; others may think of Midnights Children-era Rushdie Independent...2305250Ilustrado226257https://www.gandhi.com.mx/ilustrado-9780330532600/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3737174/e8af33dd-41d6-4df2-8b72-53d7a9f330cb.jpg?v=638385800721770000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20109780330532600_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_A dazzling and virtuosic adventure Joseph OConnor, author of Star of the SeaInternationally Bestselling Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008With Ilustrado, Miguel Syjuco obliges us to remake the canons of our great classics of contemporary literature. Ilustrado is, literally, a masterpiece Alberto ManguelIt begins with a body. One anonymous winter day, the corpse of Crispin Salvador is pulled from the Hudson River. Gone is the controversial giant of Asian literature. And missing is the only manuscript of his final book, an exposé of the corrupt roots of the ruling Filipino families, meant to restore his once dazzling reputation. His student, Miguel, is suspicious of the suicide verdict. He investigates: first sifting through the dead mans work for clues, then journeying from New York to Manila, seeking out family, colleagues, and anyone who might hold pieces of the puzzle.But when Miguel assembles the fragments of his mentors past, this ambitious and rewarding novel expands into far wider contexts political, social, historical, literary. As patterns emerge, the mystery of a death deepens into the greater mysteries of life and the reader makes increasingly significant discoveries of their own, until the startling revelation of the final page.A big, bold, cunning, impassioned, plangent and very funny book ScotsmanBristling with comic verve, metafictional playfulness, and an undertone of expatriate nostalgia . . . an impressive, vibrant mix of Borgesian literary labyrinth and acerbic émigré comedy Sunday TimesA seethingly ambitious debut . . . US critics have cited Bolaño as an obvious comparison; others may think of Midnights Children-era Rushdie Independent...9780330532600_Pan Macmillanlibro_electonico_c8ee6529-b738-3912-aaa9-a29187226677_9780330532600;9780330532600_9780330532600Miguel SyjucoInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/macmillanuk-epub-d9336341-a58c-4389-9cb8-992a7f1dd87b.epub2010-06-04T00:00:00+00:00Pan Macmillan