This Breathing World - Softcover

De Juan, Jose-Luis

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ISBN 10: 1905147864 ISBN 13: 9781905147861

Publisher: Arcadia Books Ltd, 2008

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In a playfully unsettling and wonderfully sensual novel, prize-winning author Jose Luis de Juan explores the secret history of desire and the dark desire to make history.

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About the Author:

Born in 1956 in Mallorca, where he still resides, Jose Luis de Juan is a prize-winning author of four novels, a book of essays and a collection of short stories. He has been published to great acclaim in France, where he was distinguished as a writer in residence at Mont Noir, Marguerite Yourcenar's house.

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"Succeeds brilliantly in constructing [an] edifice of mirrors and echoes." Times Literary Supplement

"An elegant, disturbing, and labyrinthine thriller." Richard Zimler, author, Guardian of the Dawn

Rare enjoyment . . . beautifully written” El Pa�s

"Spanish baroque with time travel thrown in." Duncan Fallowell, author, A History of Facelifting

"Dissected with biting irony . . . very talented." L’Express

"A work of stunning virtuosity, intelligence, and elegance." Francis King, author, The Dividing Stream

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