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<p><P>"We cannot help but throw ourselves in the footprints of Doctor Pi."---Enrique Molina" "There is an Argentine poetry before Bayley, and another after him."---Alberto Vanasco" Doctor Pi---a sleuth without a crime. A flaneur on official business. Organizer of unknowable expeditions, lover of brunettes. Doctor Pi, with his frock coat, top hat, and uncommon blend of elation and discretion, is difficult to describe and impossible not to pursue. We follow him through a familiar and cryptic world, whose logic---equal parts comedy, poetry, and absurdity---is a puzzle only Doctor Pi can solve. The Life and Memoirs of Doctor Pi and Other Stories marks the first translation of Edgar Bayley's work into English, an accomplishment long overdue. Bayley's stories suspend your disbelief for you, and offer in exchange an inimitable creation&#58; its dimensions human, its intrigue transcendent.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>The late Argentinean avant-gardist Bayley brings a poetic precision to the short-shorts of his first English translation. Most stories feature the urbane title character, a professor, would-be ladies' man, and sometime foil, whose philosophy is best summed up in the 110-wo

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Author

Edgar Bayley

Publisher

Northampton MA: Clockroot Books

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781566568371

Category

work of literary fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction

Rating

3.16 / 5 (19 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14