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020 _a9781564784278
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050 _aPQ7298.31.R73
082 _a863.64
100 1 _aEloy Urroz
245 1 _aThe Obstacles
260 _bDalkey Archive Press
300 _a350 pages
520 _aOne of the most remarkable books of contemporary Mexican literature, The Obstacles is the story of young writers coming of age in a world dominated entirely by their own fictions. It tells, in alternating chapters, the stories of two teenagers, Ricardo and Elias, who are characters in each others' novels.Blurring our notions of reality and fiction, Eloy Urroz takes the reader into a world where characters invent characters and challenge their creators. And the book's conclusion--in which a surprising connection between Ricardo and Elias is revealed--shows that not even fiction can be controlled in a world of such incredible unpredictability.
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