An Argentinean Novel Spins Countless Stories From A Bicycle Wheel

The Divorce, by César Aira

César Aira’s The Divorce, a 2008 novel now out in English, centers around one charged moment at a Buenos Aires cafe, when water falling from an awning suddenly drenches a passing bicyclist.

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César Aira’s The Divorce, a 2008 novel now out in English, centers around one charged moment at a Buenos Aires cafe, when water falling from an awning suddenly drenches a passing bicyclist.