A Cock-Eyed Comedy
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
A Cock-Eyed Comedy
By (Author) Juan Goytisolo
City Lights Books
City Lights Books
1st November 2005
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
FIC
Physical Properties
Paperback
192
Width 127mm, Height 185mm, Spine 12mm
184g
Description
In A Cock-Eyed Comedy, Father Trennes is like Virginia Woolfs Orlando, a spirit of the age moving through several centuries of Spains history. His most recent incarnation is as an Opus Dei religious leader in present-day Spain, whose conformity Goytisolo delightfully savages. A cast of real people and invented characters, including Roland Barthes, Jean Genet, and Manuel Puig, are mixed up in a literary and historical melting pot. A Cock-Eyed Comedy is a transgressive dark comedy with a significant message about religion and sexuality.
Author Bio
Born in Barcelona in 1931, Juan Goytisolo is Spain's greatest living writer. His books include: Mask of Idenity, The Marx Family Saga, and, State of Siege. He lives in Marrakesh, Morocco.
