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Cesar Aira Biography

Writer

Cesar Aira, born on February 23, 1949, is an Argentine writer known for his unique literary style and rich imagination. His works span across various literary genres, including surrealism, magical realism, and postmodernism.

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Author:Cesar Aira

“There is something dreamlike about the points that provide a view of the other side, but they belong not so much to the dreamtime as to dream work. The nomads enter the dreamtime not by setting off on some extraordinary, dangerous voyage, but through their everyday, ambulatory movement.”

Dream Sides Views Dangerous Movement Extraordinary Everyday Setting Settings Voyages Nomad Dreamtime

Book:Ghosts

Source: Ghosts

“The greatness and efficacy of a magician is measured by his refusal to use magic. The true magician, the greatest, is the poorest and most unfortunate of all mortals. Because between his magic and his person forgetfulness takes shape, in the form of the world.”

World Persons Use Form Magic Greatness Shapes Mortals Unfortunate Magician Refusal Poorest Forgetfulness Efficacy

Author:Cesar Aira

“Poison or elixir, narcotic or aphrodisiac, whatever it was, this flower, relic of a day in the life of an accidental writer, an inadvertent counterfeiter leaving his traces in code, the birds were coming to try it, performing a dance for no one and flying up toward the moon.”

Trying Flower Moon Bird Leaving Flying Code Performing Poison Relics Narcotics Aphrodisiac Elixir

Author:Cesar Aira

“A few birds flew out from the mountains and glided for a while without sound. Standing out against the sky on high slopes beyond a range of low hills, they saw an endless herd of deer, rendered mute by distance. The landscape was reminiscent of a cardboard cutout, but on a huge scale, which gave the impression they were the ones who had become miniatures...All three of them were equally lost.”

Three Lost Sound Saws Sky Huge Mountain Lows Bird Standing Distance Scales Endless Impression Hills Landscape Range Standing Out Flew Herds Deer Mute Slopes Miniatures

Book:The Hare

Source: The Hare

About the Author

Born: February 23, 1949
Known for: Writer
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