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Trafalgar
- Author
- Angélica Gorodischer
- Narrator
- Ben Cura
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 27 August 2020
- Run Time
- 6 hours 34 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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In the cafes and bars of Rosario, Argentina, there are sure to be many tall tales told. But none, perhaps, quite as spectacular as those recounted by Trafalgar Medrano. With a coffeepot and a pack of cigarettes to hand, he will nonchalantly tell you all about his otherworldly adventures: from studying dancing troglodytes on a mucky planet, to befriending the only chaotic man in a perfectly arranged society, to a close shave in 15th century Spain. The things Trafalgar has seen...
Cosmopolitan, wildly imaginative and, above all else, pure fun, Angélica Gorodischer's Trafalgar is an utterly unique work of science fiction.
© Angélica Gorodischer 1979 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Critics Review
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Both deeply thoughtful and immensely playful ... Here we have a kind of magical realism for science fiction ... What is at the heart of every incident, every interlude, is a luminous exploration of humanity: love, power, death, the known and the unknown ... Contemplative, provoking, bizarre - and brilliant. Quite, quite brilliant
Tor
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A novel that is unlike anything I've ever read, one part pulp adventure to one part realistic depiction of the affluent, nearly-idle bourgeoisie, but always leaning more towards the former in its inventiveness and pure sense of fun
Los Angeles Review of Books
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Understated and impressive ... Gorodischer takes well-worn tropes in entertaining directions that both evoke their golden age roots and transcend them with a layer of absurdism. A joy to read
Publisher's Weekly
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Gorodischer's tales are a perfect blend of Argentine reality and sci-fi fantasy. The reader can hear every word of the original whispered behind this translation by Amalia Gladhart
Lisa Carter
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Details
- Author
- Angélica Gorodischer
- Narrator
- Ben Cura
- Duration
- 6 hours 34 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 August 2020
- ISBN
- 9780141995083
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Classic science fiction, Science fiction: time travel / time slip, Magical realism, Fiction in translation
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.In the cafes and bars of Rosario, Argentina, there are sure to be many tall tales told. But none, perhaps, quite as spectacular as those recounted by Trafalgar Medrano. With a coffeepot and a pack of cigarettes to hand, he will nonchalantly tell you all about his otherworldly adventures: from studying dancing troglodytes on a mucky planet, to befriending the only chaotic man in a perfectly arranged society, to a close shave in 15th century Spain. The things Trafalgar has seen... Cosmopolitan, wildly imaginative and, above all else, pure fun, Angélica Gorodischer's Trafalgar is an utterly unique work of science fiction.© Angélica Gorodischer 1979 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
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