Fulgentius

By profession I am a soldier, a general in the glorious Roman army. As a playwright, I...
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Author: César Aira
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Language: English
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Fulgentius by Aira, César

Fulgentius

$33.85

Fulgentius

$33.85
Author: César Aira
Format: Paperback
Language: English
By profession I am a soldier, a general in the glorious Roman army. As a playwright, I think of myself as a sublime amateur.

In Cesar Aira's new novel, Fulgentius, a sixty-seven-year-old imperial Roman general--"Rome's most illustrious and experienced"--is sent to pacify the remote province of Pannonia.He is a thoughtful, introspective person, a saturnine intellectual who greatly enjoys being on the march away from his loving family, and the sometimes deadly intrigues of Rome. Fulgentius is also a playwright (though of exactly one play) and in every city he pacifies, he stages a grand production of his farcical tragedy (written at the tender age of twelve) about a man who becomes a famous general only to be murdered "at the hands of shadowy foreigners." Curiously, what he had imagined as a child turns out to be the story of his life, almost. As the playwright-turned-general broods obsessively about his only work, the magnificent Lupine Legion--"a city in movement" of 6,000 men, an invincible corps of seasoned fighters wearing their signature wolfskin caps--kills, burns, pillages, and loots their way to victory. But what does victory mean?



Author: César Aira
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 03/07/2023
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780811231695


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/30/2023

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