{"product_id":"locos-felipe-alfau-9781564781710","title":"Locos: A Comedy of Gestures","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe interconnected stories that form this novel take place in a Madrid as exotic as the Baghdad of the \u003ci\u003e1001 Arabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e and feature unforgettable characters in revolt against their young author. \"For them,\" he complains, \"reality is what fiction is to real people; they simply love it and make for it against my almost heroic opposition.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1936 and long neglected, this elegantly inventive novel anticipates works like \u003ci\u003ePale Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eLocos\u003c\/i\u003e, Felipe Alfau creates a mercurial dreamscape in which the characters-the eccentric, sometimes criminal, habitues of Toledo's Cafe of the Crazy--wrench free of authorial control, invade one another's stories, and even turn into one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Felipe Alfau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1564781712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781564781710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/18\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.58w x 0.67d","brand":"Felipe Alfau","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994277019903,"sku":"9781564781710","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d769336-b03d-465a-8fc6-893909b41f6e.jpg?v=1683329185","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/locos-felipe-alfau-9781564781710","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}