02694cam a2200325Ii 4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022020002500063020002200088035002200110050002600132100002100158245011800179260004600297300001100343500011200354520030300466520119600769546002901965600003001994600004002024650004702064650004902111700001902160740005302179942001202232952011102244999001302355on1140779676OCoLCta200217t20202020nyu           000 1 eng d  a9781632060471 (pbk.)  a1632060477 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)1140779676  aPQ7798.26.I4Z46b20201 aPiglia, Ricardo.14aThe diaries of Emilio Renzi :ba day in the life /cRicardo Piglia ; translated from the Spanish by Robert Croll.  aBrooklyn, N.Y. : bRestless Books,c2020.  a357 p.  aFirst published as: Los diarios de Emilio Renzi : Un dia en la vida by Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, 2017.  aSixty 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"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.  aTranslated from Spanish.14aPiglia, RicardoxDiaries.14aRenzi, Emilio,d1940-2017xDiaries. 4aAuthors, Argentiney20th centuryxDiaries. 4aAuthors, Argentiney20th centuryxBiography.1 aCroll, Robert.4 aLos diarios de Emilio Renzi : Un dia en la vida.  2lcccBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oPQ7798.26.I4Z46 2020pPNLIB21060346r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c532d532