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Completed while he was dying, William Goyen's Arcadio is one of the most affecting and imaginative farewells to life ever written. Arcadio, whose voice is inimitably Goyenesque, is a creature from beyond the normal walks of life. Half man, half woman, raised in a whorehouse and for years the veteran exhibitionist in an itinerant circus sideshow, he has escaped from the show and has been wandering in a quest for his lost family. Speaking intimately to the reader, he tells the bizarre and fantastic tale of his life. This unforgettable novel is the crown of Goyen's exploration of the forms and feelings that could be compassed within fiction.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Arcadio
• Subtitle: A Novel
• Author: William Goyen
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 147
• EAN: 9780810150065
• ISBN: 9780810150065
• ID: 06305231
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Weight: 240 g
• Date of publishing: 31. December 1991

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