CÉSAR AIRA (b. 1949) is an Argentine writer and translator who has published over a hundred short books of stories, novels and essays at an almost frenetic pace—two to five novella-length books each year.
Aira has become a cult fiction writer in his native Argentina as well as throughout Latin America for his hyperrealist treatment of surreal or implausible scenarios and his aggressive defiance of literary conventions. His fictions can jump radically from one genre to another, and often deploy narrative strategies from popular culture and "subliterary" genres like pulp science fiction and television soap operas. Aira frequently refuses to conform to generic expectations for how a novel ought to end, leaving many of his fictions quite open-ended. According to NPR, "To love the novels of Cesar Aira you must have a taste for the absurd, a tolerance for the obscurely philosophical and a willingness to laugh out loud against your better judgment."
While his subject matter ranges from Surrealist or Dadaist quasi-nonsense to fantastic tales set in his Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Flores, Aira also returns frequently to Argentina's nineteenth century (two books, THE HARE and AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF A LANDSCAPE PAINTER, are examples of this; so is the best-known novel of his early years, EMMA, THE CAPTIVE). He also returns regularly to play with stereotypes of an exotic East, such as in THE LITTLE BUDDHIST MONK. Aira also enjoys mocking himself and his childhood home town, Coronel Pringles, in fictions such as HOW I BECAME A NUN, THE MUSICAL BRAIN and THE MIRACULOUS CURES OF DR. AIRA.
The following books are in ePUB format:
== FICTION ==
* Conversations (New Directions, 2014). Katherine Silver, trans.
* Dinner (New Directions, 2015). Katherine Silver, trans.
* Ema, the Captive (New Directions, 2016). Chris Andrews, trans.
* Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter (New Directions, 2000). Chris Andrews, trans.
* Ghosts (New Directions, 2008). Chris Andrews, trans.
* Hare, The (New Directions, 2013). Nick Caistor, trans.
* How I Became A Nun (New Directions, 2007). Chris Andrews, trans.
* Lime Tree, The (And Other Stories, 2017). Chris Andrews, trans.
* Linden Tree, The (New Directions, 2018). Chris Andrews, trans.
* Literary Conference, The (New Directions, 2010). Katherine Silver, trans.
* Little Buddhist Monk (And Other Stories, 2017). Nick Caistor, trans.
* Little Buddhist Monk / The Proof (New Directions, 2017). Nick Caistor, trans.
* Miracle Cures of Dr Aira (New Directions, 2012). Katherine Silver, trans.
* Musical Brain and Other Stories (New Directions, 2015). Chris Andrews, trans.
* Picasso (New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2014). Chris Andrews, trans.
* Proof, The (And Other Stories, 2017). Nick Caistor, trans.
* Seamstress and the Wind (New Directions, 2011). Rosalie Knecht, trans.
* Shantytown (New Directions, 2013). Chris Andrews, trans.
* Spy, The (Electric Literature, 2013). Alfred Mac Adam, trans. * Three Novels (Penguin, 2015). Chris Andrews and Katherine Silver, trans.
* Varamo (New Directions, 2012). Chris Andrews, trans.
== NON-FICTION ==
* Birthday (New Directions, 2019). Chris Andrews, trans.
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