Hocus Bogus
Emile Ajar • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300162974
Hocus Bogus
Emile Ajar • Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300162979 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300162974
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This edition presents a sophisticated translation of Emile Ajar’s complex narrative, rendered into English by David Bellos. The text navigates themes of identity and artifice through a distinctively playful yet melancholic prose style, reflecting the author’s enigmatic literary persona. It serves as a critical examination of the boundaries between fiction and reality, offering readers a profound look at the construction of the self within the landscape of twentieth-century French literature.
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