The Dream of HeroesDespite his secret protector's warnings, Emilio Gauna re-creates the situation that, three years before, led to a horrible encounter with a masked woman during Carnival 1927--an encounter he dimly remembers and never understood |
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User Review - Heteronym - LibraryThingIn this novel Casares returns to the topics of time and memory that made The Invention of Morel such a fascinating experience. It’s 1927 and Emilio Gauna, a lowlife mechanic from Buenos Aires wins a ... Read full review
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