Woes of the true policeman /
Follows Amalfitano, exiled Chilean university professor and widower with a teenage daughter, as his political disillusionment and love of poetry lead to the scandal that will force him to flee from Barcelona and take him to Santa Teresa, Mexico. It is here, in this border town, that Amalfitano meets...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2012.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Summary: | Follows Amalfitano, exiled Chilean university professor and widower with a teenage daughter, as his political disillusionment and love of poetry lead to the scandal that will force him to flee from Barcelona and take him to Santa Teresa, Mexico. It is here, in this border town, that Amalfitano meets Arcimboldi, a magician and writer whose work highlights the provisional and fragile nature of literature and life. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published in 2011 by Editorial Anagrama, Spain, as Los sinsabores del verdadero policía"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 250 pages ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780374266745 (hc.) 0374266743 (hc.) |