The Large Glass - Softcover

Bellatin, Mario

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1939419492 ISBN 13: 9781939419491

Publisher: Phoneme Media, 2016

Synopsis

In The Large Glass, celebrated Mexican innovator Mario Bellatin now examines his most complicated subject; himself. Featuring three different autobiographies, The Large Glass challenges the absurd and hubristic project of the autobiography itself how can any writer account for himself in a way that is dignified yet honest? Intimate yet public? Like the Duchamp sculpture from which it takes its name, Mario Bellatin’s The Large Glass deconstructs the very form it embraces, revealing the artifice of the autobiographical genre, while cleverly celebrating the importance of the stories we tell about ourselves.

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About the Author

Mexican writer Mario Bellatin has published dozens of novels with major and minor publishing houses throughout Latin America, Europe, and the United States, including Shiki Nagaoka: A Nose for Fiction and Jacob the Mutant, both from Phoneme Media. A practicing Sufi, Bellatin has won many international prizes, including, most recently, Cuba’s 2015 José María Arguedas Prize. He lives in Mexico City, Mexico.

David Shook's many translations include work by Mario Bellatin, Tedi López Mills, and Víctor Terán. His collection of poetry, Our Obsidian Tongues, was long-listed for the International Dylan Thomas Prize. He lives in Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Phoneme Media
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1939419492
• ISBN 13: 9781939419491
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 116