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The Literary Conference (New Directions Pearls) by César Aira is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Literary Conference (New Directions Pearls) about?
<p class="null1">New in the New Directions Pearls series: an extremely rich mad scientist attempts to clone a leading genius in a bid to take over the world.</p> <p>César is a translator who’s fallen on very hard times due to the global economic downturn; he is also an author, and a mad scientist hell-bent on world domination. On a visit to the beach he intuitively solves an ancient riddle, finds a pirate’s treasure, and becomes a very wealthy man. Even so, César’s bid for world domination comes first and so he attends a literary conference to be near the man whose clone he hopes will lead an army to victory: the world-renowned Mexican author, Carlos Fuentes. A comic science fiction fantasy of the first order, <b>The Literary Conference</b> is the perfect vehicle for César Aira’s take over of literature in the 21st century.</p>
Who reads The Literary Conference (New Directions Pearls)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- César Aira
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780811218788
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.71 / 5 (879 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14