{"product_id":"the-clouds-juan-joszs-saer-9781940953342","title":"The Clouds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Saer is one of the best writers of today in any language.\"--Ricardo Piglia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"What Saer presents marvelously is the experience of reality, and the characters' attempts to write their own narratives within its excess.\"--\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn modern-day Paris, Pichón Garay receives a computer disk containing a manuscript--which might be fictional, or could be a memoir--by Doctor Real, a nineteenth-century physician tasked with leading a group of five mental patients on a trip to a recently constructed asylum. Their trip, which ends in disaster and fire, is a brilliant tragicomedy thanks to the various insanities of the patients, among whom is a delusional man who greatly over-estimates his own importance and a nymphomaniac nun who tricks everyone--even the other patients--into sleeping with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFascinating as a faux historical novel and written in Saer's typically gorgeous, Proustian style, \u003ci\u003eThe Clouds \u003c\/i\u003ecan be read as a metaphor for exile--a huge theme for Saer and a lot of Argentine writers--as well as an examination of madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuan José Saer \u003c\/b\u003ewas the leading Argentinian writer of the post-Borges generation. The author of numerous novels and short-story collections (including \u003ci\u003eScars \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLa Grande\u003c\/i\u003e), Saer was awarded Spain's prestigious Nadal Prize in 1987 for \u003ci\u003eThe Event\u003c\/i\u003e. Five of his novels are available from Open Letter Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilary Vaughn Dobel \u003c\/b\u003ehas an MFA in poetry and translation from Columbia University. She is the author of two manuscripts and, in addition to Saer, she has translated work by Carlos Pintado.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Juan José Saer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1940953340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940953342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Letter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 177\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/13\/2016\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Juan José Saer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489311969535,"sku":"9781940953342","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_328991f7-b350-4ec2-8875-42a1a7808d2f.jpg?v=1736953169","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-clouds-juan-joszs-saer-9781940953342","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}