Revulsion: Thomas Bernhard in San Salvador (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780811225397)

An expatriate professor, Vega, returns from exile in Canada to El Salvador for his mother's funeral. A sensitive idealist and an aggrieved motor mouth, he sits at a bar with the author, Castellanos Moya, from five to seven in the evening, telling his tale and ranting against everything his country has to offer. Written in a single paragraph and alive with a fury as astringent as the wrath of Thomas Bernhard, Revulsion was first published in 1997 and earned its author death threats. Roberto Bolano called Revulsion Castellanos Moya's darkest book and perhaps his best: "A parody of certain works by Bernhard and the kind of book that makes you laugh out loud."

Author: Horacio Castellanos Moya
ISBN-10: 0811225399
ISBN-13: 9780811225397
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2016
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.30d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/04/2016