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From the author of Last Words on Earth—a reimagining of Roberto Bolaño's life—comes a book articulating the final years of Aliocha Coll, one of Spain's most innovative writers as he completes his masterpiece, Attila (also available from Open Letter Books). Living alone in Paris, estranged from...
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Attila
"Living alone in Paris, estranged from his family, suffering from hearbreak and possibly madness, Alioscha Coll works with saintly intensity on what will be his final manuscript: Atilla. Once the final words have been ewritten, he vows to end his life, convinced that his existence will lost all purpose."--Publisher description.
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From the author of Last Words on Earth—a reimagining of Roberto Bolaño's life—comes a book articulating the final years of Aliocha Coll, one of Spain's most innovative writers as he completes his masterpiece, Attila (also available from Open Letter Books).
Living alone in Paris, estranged from his family, and suffering from heartbreak and possibly madness, Aliocha Coll works with saintly intensity on what will be his final manuscript: Attila. Once the final words have been written, he vows to end his life, convinced that his existence will lose all purpose.
Told through the viewpoint of a literary critic and journalist, Attila expands Javier Serena's investigation into artists who remained dedicated to their art, to their aesthetic vision in the face of complete dismissal by the publishing world and reading public. In the case of Last Words on Earth and Ricardo Funes (the stand-in for Bolaño in that novel), things work out and he briefly becomes the star of the literary world—could the same happen for Aliocha Coll?
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781960385352
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: 150
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About the Author
Javier Serenawas born in Pamplona, Spain in 1982. He has publishedLas torres de El Carpio,La estacin balda,Last Words on Earth, andAttila. He has stayed at writers residences with the Fundacin Antonio Gala (Crdoba, Spain) and Les Recollets (Paris, France).
Katie Whittemoretranslates 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'sIn 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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