Monstruary - Couverture souple

Rios

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0810119757 ISBN 13 : 9780810119758

Editeur : Northwestern University Press, 2002

Synopsis

In Monstruary, Julián Ríos takes us into the eerie existence of the painter Victor Mons, who has created a menagerie of personal demons summoned from the disturbing and often erotic images of his past. We follow Mons on nocturnal outings and infernal escapades as he encounters fiendish figures, otherworldly phantasms, and the beautiful models and prostitutes who serve as his muses. Ríos calls up all the monsters of the Western world-from classical antiquity to the silver screen, from the Minotaur to Dracula-and collapses the boundaries between reality and imagination. With playful and inventive language, he shows the dark side of the human heart and the strange places where life and art overlap.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Julián Ríos was born in Galicia, Spain. He is on the editorial board of a number of magazines, contributes to journals in various countries, and has edited several fiction and essay series. His previous books include Larva (Dalkey Archive, 1990), Poundemonium (Dalkey Archive, 1997), and Loves That Bind (Vintage Books, 1999). Monstruary was included on the Los Angles Times Best Fiction Books of 2001. Ríos now lives in France.

Edith Grossman is also the translator of Ríos' Loves That Bind (Vintage Books, 1999), as well as many works by Mario Vargas Llosa including The Feast of the Goat (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Northwestern University Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810119757
• ISBN 13: 9780810119758
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible