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A Cock-Eyed Comedy
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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A Cock-Eyed Comedy
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Peter Bush
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:192 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 185,Width 127 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780872864504
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| Classifications | Dewey:FIC |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
City Lights Books
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| Imprint |
City Lights Books
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| Publication Date |
17 November 2005 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
In A Cock-Eyed Comedy, Father Trennes is like Virginia Woolf's Orlando, a spirit of the age moving through several centuries of Spain's history. His most recent incarnation is as an Opus Dei religious leader in present-day Spain, whose conformity Goytisolo delightfully savages. A cast of real people and invented characters, including Roland Barthes, Jean Genet, and Manuel Puig, are mixed up in a literary and historical melting pot. A Cock-Eyed Comedy is a transgressive dark comedy with a significant message about religion and sexuality.
Author Biography
Born in Barcelona in 1931, Juan Goytisolo is Spain's greatest living writer. His books include: Mask of Idenity, The Marx Family Saga, and, State of Siege. He lives in Marrakesh, Morocco.
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