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"Garay receives a computer disk containing a manuscript--which might be fictional, or could be a memoir--by Doctor Real, a nineteenth-century physician tasked with leading a group of five mental patients on a trip to a recently constructed asylum. Their trip, which ends in disaster and fire, is...

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Main Author: Saer, Juan José, 1937-2005 (Author)
Other Authors: Dobel, Hilary Vaughn (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rochester, NY : Open Letter, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
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Summary:"Garay receives a computer disk containing a manuscript--which might be fictional, or could be a memoir--by Doctor Real, a nineteenth-century physician tasked with leading a group of five mental patients on a trip to a recently constructed asylum. Their trip, which ends in disaster and fire, is a brilliant tragicomedy thanks to the various insanities of the patients, among whom is a delusional man who greatly over-estimates his own importance and a nymphomaniac nun who tricks everyone--even the other patients--into sleeping with her"--
Item Description:"Originally published in Spanish as Las nubes, 1997" --Title page verso.
Physical Description:160 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781940953342
1940953340