TY  - BOOK
AU  - Piglia,Ricardo
AU  - Croll,Robert
TI  - The diaries of Emilio Renzi: a day in the life 
SN  - 9781632060471 (pbk.)
AV  - PQ7798.26.I4Z46 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Brooklyn, N.Y. : 
PB  - Restless Books
KW  - Piglia, Ricardo
KW  - Renzi, Emilio,
KW  - Authors, Argentine
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Diaries
KW  - Biography
N1  - First published as: Los diarios de Emilio Renzi : Un dia en la vida by Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, 2017
N2  - Sixty years in the making and the capstone of a monumental literary career, "The Diaries of Emilio Renzi: A Day in the Life" is the final volume of the autobiographical trilogy from the author who is considered Borges' heir and the vanguard of the Post-Boom generation of Latin American literature; "A giant of contemporary Latin American literature, Argentine novelist Ricardo Piglia's secret magnum opus was a compilation of 327 notebooks that he composed over nearly six decades, in which he imagined himself as his literary alter ego, Emilio Renzi. A world-weary detective, Renzi stars in many of his creator's works, much like Philip Roth's Nathan Zuckerman. But the Renzi of these diaries is something more complex--a multilayered reconstruction of the self that is teased out over intricate, illuminating pages. As Piglia/Renzi develops as a reader and writer, falls in love, and tussles with his tyrannical father, we get eye-opening perspectives on Latin America's tumultuous twentieth century. Obsessed with literary giants--from Borges and Cortázar (both of whom he knew), to Kafka and Camus--The Diaries comprise a celebration of reading as a vital, existential activity. When Piglia learned he had a fatal illness in 2011, he raced to complete his mysterious masterwork as rumors about the book intensified among his many fans. First released in Spanish as a trilogy to tremendous applause, The Diaries of Emilio Renzi cements Piglia's place in the global canon"--Amazon.com
ER  -