About this title: A STRIKING REASSESSMENT OF THE DON JUAN MYTH A literary tour de force, this extraordinary novel is told in single-minded pursuit of double meanings, but it is serious play. LARVA is a rollicking account of a masquerade party in an abandoned mansion in London. Milalias (disguised as Don Juan) searches for Babelle (as Sleeping Beauty) through a linguistic funhouse of puns and wordplay recalling Joyce's Finnegans Wake. A mock-scholarly commentary reveals the backgrounds of the masked revellers, while Rios' allusive language shows that words too wear masks, hiding an astonishing range of further ...
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Description: Good. 2004-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Good. A Good copy with a Remainder Mark and wear to the covers and the extremities. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 30 years of combined bookselling experience. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. A
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781564783684ISBN:1564783685
Description: Fine. An unread copy in excellent condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press, Normal
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781564783684ISBN:1564783685
Description: Near New. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 545 pgs; then 32 pgs of b/w photos & 1 fold out map, then index of names ending at pg 585, cover sl wear to edges. read more
"This was wonderful. It's a mad story with mad language and mad structure. I'm sure Shandy was handy. And fine, again, Finnegan too, "again" because it's obvious. But Shandy's handiness too.
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