Fulgentius

Name: Fulgentius
Brand: New Directions Publishing Corporation
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By: Cesar Aira, Chris Andrews (Translator)

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Paperback | 7 March 2023

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176 Pages

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17.15 x 12.07 x 1.27

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By profession I am a soldier, a general in the glorious Roman army. As a playwright, I think of myself as a sublime amateur.

In Cesar Aira's new novel, Fulgentius, a sixty-seven-year-old imperial Roman general--"Rome's most illustrious and experienced"--is sent to pacify the remote province of Pannonia.He is a thoughtful, introspective person, a saturnine intellectual who greatly enjoys being on the march away from his loving family, and the sometimes deadly intrigues of Rome. Fulgentius is also a playwright (though of exactly one play) and in every city he pacifies, he stages a grand production of his farcical tragedy (written at the tender age of twelve) about a man who becomes a famous general only to be murdered "at the hands of shadowy foreigners." Curiously, what he had imagined as a child turns out to be the story of his life, almost. As the playwright-turned-general broods obsessively about his only work, the magnificent Lupine Legion--"a city in movement" of 6,000 men, an invincible corps of seasoned fighters wearing their signature wolfskin caps--kills, burns, pillages, and loots their way to victory. But what does victory mean?

Industry Reviews

"Cesar Aira is an amazing writer whose works, of rare genius, are passed on as a secret among an ever-widening sect of enthusiasts." -- Josep Massot - La Vanguardia
"Never tedious, always thoughtful, Aira's prose moves with great agility and effortless depth." -- Publishers Weekly
"Aira's stories seem like fragments of an infinite and interconnected universe in constant expansion." -- Patti Smith
"Aira departs from his frequent setting of contemporary Argentina for a playful and fantastical jaunt into ancient history." -- Publishers Weekly

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