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Book synopsis

In Makbara, Juan Goytisolo -- widely considered Spain's greatest living writer -- again dazzles the reader with his energetic, stylistic prose, which he himself compares to a snake: cunning, sly, sinuous. But the themes in Makbara are perhaps more universal than in his earlier works. Makbara is full of its own kind of warmth, humor, and love. After all, makbara is an Arab word referring to the spot in North African cemeteries where young couples meet for romantic encounters. Sex, for Goytisolo, is clearly the greatest cosmic joke, the great leveller. "Sex," he says, "is above all freedom."

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

• Full title: Makbara
• Author: Juan Goytisolo, Helen Lane
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270
• EAN: 9781564785060
• ISBN: 1564785068
• ID: 04813796
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Weight: 367 g
• Dimensions: 209 × 143 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. July 2008

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