The Enchanted Isles: Las encantadas

The Enchanted Isles begins with a dream in which Oh, the narrator, returns to a voyage he...
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Author: Daniel Samoilovich
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The Enchanted Isles: Las encantadas by Samoilovich, Daniel

The Enchanted Isles: Las encantadas

$57.98

The Enchanted Isles: Las encantadas

$57.98
Author: Daniel Samoilovich
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The Enchanted Isles begins with a dream in which Oh, the narrator, returns to a voyage he made to the Galápagos - known as enchanted because of their danger-ous currents, which lured seamen to their deaths - ten years earlier. It was to be a voyage of enchantment, a lovers' voyage, an eight-day cruise paid for by a magical win at roulette, the number eight coming up eight times in a row. But in the meantime, Ah and Oh have separated, and so the memory dream is shot through with regret and also with a sometimes nightmarish vision of the ugly black volcanic islands where Darwin, observing mutations in finches, first came up with the idea of evolution. In a multi-themed jazz rondo form, extracts from Darwin's writings, geo-metry, chance and fate, giant tortoises complaining of human depredation, iguanas, jellyfish, blades of grass, extinct volcanoes, scuba diving and tender tourist conversation dance round and round. Occasionally the music breaks down and stutters: we hear dissonance as well as secret harmonies. This is a work of great lyricism, teasing humour and complex originality, a poem of everything.


"A radical experiment in poetics, a world that is both real and unreal." -Miguel Casado, La Vanguardia, Barcelona

"One of the best books in Spanish of the past 20 years." -Francesco Tarquini, Ispanoamericana, University of Roma La sapienza




Author: Daniel Samoilovich
Publisher: Shearsman Books
Published: 03/24/2023
Pages: 214
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d
ISBN: 9781848618107

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