216
Book · 2016
The Absolute
El absolutoAcross six generations, the visionary Deliuskin family pursues artistic, mystical, and scientific obsessions, seeking an elusive absolute that blurs genius and madness.
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A Borges-ian masterwork that neatly blends magic realism, mysticism, and off-color yarns into a superb whole.
From Kirkus Reviews Awaited for many years, this novel, the most ambitious by Daniel Guebel, condenses the core preoccupations of his fiction and plays: the avant-garde, politics, the construction of power, mysticism. The plot follows the story of a family of geniuses centered around the Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. It is a book of joyous excess and sustained intelligence. A true narrative kaleidoscope from a master of style.
From LA NACION As the characters experience love, jealousy, and despair, Guebel offers erudite meditations on music, art, and philosophy, all marked by a superb use of language. This is best savored slowly.
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