{"product_id":"locos-a-comedy-of-gestures-9781564781710","title":"Locos: A Comedy of Gestures","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe interconnected stories that form this novel take place in a Madrid as exotic as the Baghdad of the \u003ci\u003e1001 Arabian Nights\u003c\/i\u003e and feature unforgettable characters in revolt against their young author. \"For them,\" he complains, \"reality is what fiction is to real people; they simply love it and make for it against my almost heroic opposition.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1936 and long neglected, this elegantly inventive novel anticipates works like \u003ci\u003ePale Fire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eLocos\u003c\/i\u003e, Felipe Alfau creates a mercurial dreamscape in which the characters-the eccentric, sometimes criminal, habitues of Toledo's Cafe of the Crazy--wrench free of authorial control, invade one another's stories, and even turn into one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanish novelist and poet Felipe Alfau (1902-1999) was born in Barcelona. He made his living as a translator and wrote two novels in English, \u003cem\u003eChromos \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eLocos\u003c\/em\u003e. His work was largely ignored during his lifetime: he made $250 for \u003cem\u003eLocos\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eChromos \u003c\/em\u003esat\u003cbr\u003e in a desk drawer from 1948 to 1990. On publication, it was nominated \u003cbr\u003efor the 1990 National Book Award. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544722182418,"sku":"9781564781710","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_db448b29-8af2-499e-a65f-bd8981b7888b.jpg?v=1731534791","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/locos-a-comedy-of-gestures-9781564781710","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}