Attila

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By Aliocha Coll

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'My life will not make any sense when Attila is finished,' declared Aliocha Coll about his mesmerising final novel. In this groundbreaking 'untranslatable' work, he channels Joycean experimentalism to explore the fragility of empires, the future of the city, and the weight of legacy. Attila the... Read More

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'My life will not make any sense when Attila is finished,' declared Aliocha Coll about his mesmerising final novel. In this groundbreaking 'untranslatable' work, he channels Joycean experimentalism to explore the fragility of empires, the future of the city, and the weight of legacy.

Attila the Hun, reimagined as a visionary leader, contemplates the fate of his people at the gates of Rome. His son, Quijote, is caught between empires and ideals, forced to choose between his father's vision of a Hunnic utopia and the decaying allure of Roman civilisation. As Rome burns, Quijote journeys through both real and surreal landscapes, encountering psychedelic visions, mystical revelations, and existential dilemmas.

Quijote's journey blurs the lines between past and future, uniting Biblical, Classical, and Buddhist traditions while moving between planes of existence. Attila is an intricate and elusive masterpiece from the explosive and disorienting imagination of Aliocha Coll, where characters from myth and history intermingle in a stunning labyrinth of allegory and metaphor.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781960385376

Publisher: Open Letter

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 April 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Open Letter

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Katie Whittemore

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 139.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 200

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About the Author

The pseudonym of Javier Coll Mata (Madrid, May 6, 1948-Paris, November 15, 1990),Aliocha Collwas a Spanish writer and translator raised in Barcelona who spent several years of his adult life in Paris, where he committed suicide after completingAttila. He is the subject of 'Everything Bad Comes Back' by Javier Maras, and believed inFinnegans Wakeas the 'starting point' for contemporary literature. In addition toAttila, he wrote a couple novels, a play, and several essays, but the majorityhis work was either published posthumously or remains unpublished, despite Spanish super agent Carmen Balcells backing him throughout her life as the future of Spanish literature.

Katie Whittemore translates from the Spanish. Her translations include novels by Sara Mesa, Javier Serena, Aroa Moreno Durn, Lara Moreno, Nuria Labari, Katixa Agirre, Jon Bilbao, Juan Gmez Brcena, Almudena Snchez, Aliocha Coll, and Pilar Adn. She received an NEA Translation Fellowship in 2022 for Lara Moreno's In Case We Lose Power, and has been a finalist for the Spain-USA Foundation Translation Prize and the Queen Sofa Spanish Institute Translation Prize, and longlisted for the National Translation Award.

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