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COM.ONIXSUITE.9781564787293 02 01 Dalkey Archive Press 01 GCOI 15647100254020 02 156478729X 03 9781564787293 15 9781564787293 BC 1 A01 Chitarroni, Luis Luis Chitarroni 2 B06 spa Koolman, Darren Darren Koolman <p> Darren Koolman is a poet and literary translator from Spanish, French, and Dutch.</p> 01 eng 02 spa 256 00 256 03 01 <p> A self-negating series of notes for an unfinished work of fiction, this astonishing book is made up of ideas for characters and plots, of literary references both real and invented, and is populated by an array of fictional authors and their respective literary cliques, all of whom sport multiple pseudonyms, publish their own literary journals, and, in turn, produce their own ideas for books, characters, and poems . . . A dizzying look at the backrooms of literature, where aesthetic ambitions are forever under siege by petty squabbles, long-nurtured grudges, bankrupt publishers, and self-important critics, <em>The No Variations</em> is a serious game, or perhaps a frivolous tragedy, and is one of the great "novels" of contemporary Latin American literature.</p> 02 A cryptic, self-negating series of notes for an unfinished work of fiction, this astonishing book is made up of ideas for characters and plot points, anecdotes and tales, literary references both real and invented, and populated by an array of . . . 08 <p> <em>The No Variations</em> . . . isn't simply concerned with fragmenting a story, but with preventing the progress of all the stories it begins to tell. Chitarroni cuts them off with a No, as if the frustration with fiction, the gesture of stopping it dead or rejecting it as inadequate . . . were the only things to be done in the ruined garden of literature: to continue producing ruins . . . Without despair, with melancholy courtesy and erudite affection, his writing touches the outer limits . . . of fiction. The garden is in ruins, and Chitarroni remains there.</p> Beatriz Sarlo 04 03 72 01 http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/resources/titles/15647100254020/images/15647100254020L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/resources/titles/15647100254020/images/15647100254020S.jpg http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/book/?GCOI=15647100254020 Dalkey Archive Press 01 Dalkey Archive Press 02 01 8 in 02 5.5 in W. W. Norton & Company 01 WORLD 02 Y 20 1 01 02 15.00 USD