God's Tea Party Author: [Argentina] Cesar Aira Publisher: Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House

◇ Borges' direct descendant - Argentine literary giant Cesar Aira created with all his efforts

◇ The most comfortable reading rhythm, the most imaginative short story collection

◇ Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize and the Neustadt International Literary Prize

◇ Highly recommended by Roberto Bolaño, author of "2666"

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【Content Introduction】

God's Tea Party is a collection of short stories by the Argentine writer Cesar Aira. It is also a distinctive book in the "Cesar Aira Series", with a total of 60,000 words. In addition to his masterpiece God's Tea Party, the collection also includes many other classic works by Aira, such as A Thousand Drops of Paint, Plants and Trees in Arauco Park, Poverty, and Criminals and Cartoonists.

【Editor's recommendation】

Among all Cesar Aira's works, the stories covered in the novel collection "God's Tea Party" are all short and concise, with smart language and abundant magical atmosphere. Therefore, even readers who do not have much knowledge of foreign literature can appreciate it, so this book is very suitable for the market. In addition, although Aira's works are imaginative, their connotations are mostly projections and metaphors of secular life. For example, the "one thousand drops of oil paint" in "A Thousand Drops of Oil Paint" symbolizes all living beings, and the "goddess of poverty" in "Poverty" actually implies the "pain and inspiration" in the writer's creative process. These projections make the articles more profound, allowing people to find a place that fits and resonates with their hearts at the end of each story.

The original version of this collection was in Spanish. After being translated into English, the order of the chapters did not change. However, considering the reading effect, we adjusted the order of different chapters during the editing process of the Chinese version and put the more representative works ("God's Tea Party" and "A Thousand Drops of Oil Paint") at the beginning.

【Celebrity Recommendation】

"Cesar Aira is a strange man, but he is one of the few greatest Spanish writers of our time. Once people start reading Aira's works, they can't put them down." - Roberto Bolaño, author of "2666"

"Ella looks at everything with his cubist eyes. His writing makes the existence of time invisible and allows fantasy to take root. Under his pen, even the most bizarre plots can make readers read without doubt and help people break free from the mediocrity and monotony of life." - The New York Times Book Review

"Wild imagination, incredible sense of humor." - Paris Review of Books

"Cesar Aira is the most extraordinary writer alive." --National Magazine