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9780822329404

Mad Toy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780822329404

  • ISBN10:

    0822329409

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-07-01
  • Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

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Summary

"With a novel such as "Mad Toy," brimming with fantasy and romance, yet pulling the rug out from under the protagonist--and the reader--at every turn, it seems clear that Arlt's purpose is not just to tell a good story. Along the way, he also illustrates the uses of fantasy and humor. Fantasy, transforming the sordid into the beautiful, makes life seem sweeter; humor, exposing the illusions of fantasy, makes wisdom tolerable."--from the Introduction

Author Biography

Roberto Arlt (1900-1942) was an Argentine writer who published numerous plays and novels during his lifetime Michele McKay Aynesworth is Assistant Professor of English at Huston-Tillotson College in Austin, Texas

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1(8)
A Note on the Translation 9(10)
Arlt's Dedication to Ricardo Guiraldes 19(2)
The Band of Thieves
21(34)
Works and Days
55(30)
Mad Toy
85(30)
Judas Iscariot
115(38)
Appendix. The Neighborhood Poet 153(6)
Notes 159(10)
Works Cited 169

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