Description: A translation of one of the most important Argentine writers of the first half of this century, Robert Arlt, who also influenced prominent writers like Borges, Cortazar and Piglia. This work will be published in English for the first time.
Review Quotes: "Arlt's influence on figures like Borges, Cortazar, Onetti, and Piglia is substantial--and equally so are his literary reverberations today, when his grim, sordid view of life seems to speak louder than ever before."--Ilan Stavans, editor of Mutual Impressions: Writers from the Americas Reading One Another