The Seven Madmen
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Good, no visible tears or major damage, slight shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or library markings visible.
A landmark of Latin American modernism, The Seven Madmen is a darkly comic and hallucinatory novel set in 1920s Buenos Aires, where Remo Erdosain — a hapless, debt-ridden dreamer — is drawn into the orbit of a charismatic megalomaniac known as the Astrologer, who schemes to build a secret society and overthrow bourgeois society. Roberto Arlt chronicles the lives of a cast of disaffected misfits, visionaries, and conspirators whose grandiose delusions collide with the crushing banality of modern urban life. The novel presents a raw, expressionistic portrait of alienation, moral corruption, and the seductive pull of revolutionary fantasy that was decades ahead of its time. Arlt's prose is ferocious and restless, drawing comparisons to Dostoevsky while remaining unmistakably Argentine in its gritty urban sensibility. First published in 1929, The Seven Madmen stands as one of the most original and vital works in the Spanish-language literary canon.
Author: Roberto Arlt
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, David R. Godine
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Good, no visible tears or major damage, slight shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or library markings visible.
A landmark of Latin American modernism, The Seven Madmen is a darkly comic and hallucinatory novel set in 1920s Buenos Aires, where Remo Erdosain — a hapless, debt-ridden dreamer — is drawn into the orbit of a charismatic megalomaniac known as the Astrologer, who schemes to build a secret society and overthrow bourgeois society. Roberto Arlt chronicles the lives of a cast of disaffected misfits, visionaries, and conspirators whose grandiose delusions collide with the crushing banality of modern urban life. The novel presents a raw, expressionistic portrait of alienation, moral corruption, and the seductive pull of revolutionary fantasy that was decades ahead of its time. Arlt's prose is ferocious and restless, drawing comparisons to Dostoevsky while remaining unmistakably Argentine in its gritty urban sensibility. First published in 1929, The Seven Madmen stands as one of the most original and vital works in the Spanish-language literary canon.