Mauro Javier Cárdenas Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Catalogued as high modernist for expediency’s sake. AMERICAN ABDUCTIONS (@dalkey_archive) APHASIA (@fsgbooks) REVOLUTIONARIES TRY AGAIN (@Coffee_House_).

The Sellout
Paul Beatty
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann Last Samurai by Helen Dewitt The Sellout by Paul Beatty A Questionable Shape by Bennett Sims Organs of Sense by Adam Ehrlich Sachs I Am Not Sydney Poitier by Percival Everett A Naked Singularity by Sergio de la Pava https://t.co/Nv5FfAOjau
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Naked Singularity
Sergio de la Pava
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann Last Samurai by Helen Dewitt The Sellout by Paul Beatty A Questionable Shape by Bennett Sims Organs of Sense by Adam Ehrlich Sachs I Am Not Sydney Poitier by Percival Everett A Naked Singularity by Sergio de la Pava https://t.co/Nv5FfAOjau
Paperback, 2012
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Antagony
Luis Goytisolo
Spotted at @CityLightsBooks: ANTAGONY by Luis Goytisolo translated by @BPRileyCTSp2Eng https://t.co/lIhhGwjH9h
Paperback, 2022
$35.95$17.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Wall
Jen Craig
WALL by Jen Craig is out today! “Every new novel by Jen Craig is cause for celebration. They are a reminder that literature is still being written in the English language.” — Me ✌🏽 Is WALL for you? First page should suffice to know. 😊 https://t.co/s7WG1svHrR @PointReyesBooks https://t.co/bJiSPJCmdw
Paperback, 2023
$14.00$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Trilogy
Jon Fosse
Day 1 of shopping for books in Madrid featuring the <clickbait alert> Spanish translation of TRILOGY by Jon Fosse Plus local recs from @LibreriaBurma https://t.co/e1MY93CtLt
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Knack of Doing: Stories
Jeremy Davies
I’ve seen a few posts about the bleakness of lit culture Whereas I feel there’s so much to look forward to @emilyhallnyc is working on a new novel Benett Sims has new stories coming up from @TwoDollarRadio @helendewitt is still writing Jeremy M. Davies finished a new novel
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The Recognitions
William Gaddis
Not until a year after his burial at Sag Harbor did someone notice that the title of THE RECOGNITIONS was misspelled on the back of William Gaddis’s headstone. David Markson wrote. Cárdenas previously underlined.
Paperback, 2020
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Paul Chowder Chronicles: The Anthologist
Nicholson Baker
My favorite audios - The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker read by Baker - The Trial by Kafka read by Rupert Degas - Secondhand Time by Alexievich read by ensemble - Until the Girl Died by Anne Enright read by Kathleen Chalfant - The Unnameable by Beckett read by Sean Barrett https://t.co/TLnmRGdBRs
Paperback, 2014
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Austral
Carlos Fonseca
Making a list of books to buy while I’m in Spain. Here’s what I have so far: - Miquel de Palol - Trilogía de la Guerra by @FdezMallo - Austral by Carlos Fonseca - The new one by @nataliag37 - Something by Sarah Mesa Anything else? I’m bringing an empty suitcase for books! 😆 https://t.co/VIWqewlUp7
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Warning to the Crocodiles
Antonio Lobo Antunes
Antonio Lobo Antunes In English Translation Alert: WARNING TO THE CROCODILES, translated by Karen Sotelino via @Dalkey_Archive. If I remember correctly this used to be Antunes’s favorite novel of his? https://bookshop.org/books/warning-to-the-crocodiles/9781943150137
Paperback, 2021
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book