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Chromos (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) by Alfau, Felipe, Felipe, Alfau is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>chromos Is One Of The True Masterpieces Of Post-world War Ii Fiction. Written In The 1940s But Left Unpublished Until 1990, It Anticipated The Fictional Inventiveness Of The Writers Who Were To Come Along - Barth, Coover, Pynchon, Sorrentino, And Gaddis. Chromos Is The American Immigration Novel Par Excellence. Its Opening Line Is: The Moment One Learns English, Complications Set In. Or, As The Novel Illustrates, The Moment One Comes To America, The Complications Set In. The Cast Of Characters In This Book Are Immigrants From Spain Who Have One Leg In Spanish Culture And The Other In The Confusing, Warped, Unfriendly New World Of New York City, Attempting To Meld Two Worlds That Just Won't Fit Together. Wildly Comic, Chromos Is Also Strangely Apocalyptic, Moving Towards Point Zero And Utter Darkness.</p><h3>boston Review</h3><p>&quot;this Is . . . A Remarkable Book, Not Only For What It Says, But Also For What It Is Struggling To Say, Often With Strangely Successful Insights.&quot;&#151;gregory Rabbssa</p>

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Author
Alfau, Felipe, Felipe, Alfau
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Published
1998
Language
EN
ISBN
9781564782045
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories
Rating
4.07 / 5 (129 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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