In Korea, a little Buddhist monk (really very dwarf-sized) dreams of the Western world and secretly reads up on Western culture. When he meets the holidaying French couple Napoleon Chirac and Jacqueline Bloodymary he offers his services as their guide, in the hope they will take him, a penniless monk, to Europe. He whisks them off on a tour of the temples.
Among the many twists and turns, our stunned tourists encounter a suicidal horse and discover that a person can also be a robot. Though our monk appears to them as the very spirit of tourism, nothing is natural in this tour de force of Aira's twisted imagination.
| ISBN: | 9781908276988 |
| Publication date: | 12th March 2017 |
| Author: | César Aira |
| Publisher: | And Other Stories |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Genres: |
Fiction in translation |
In Korea, a little Buddhist monk (really very dwarf-sized) dreams of the Western world and secretly reads up on Western culture. When he meets the holidaying French couple Napoleon Chirac and Jacqueline Bloodymary he offers his services as their guide, in the hope they will take him, a penniless monk, to Europe.
The Little Buddhist Monk features in the following genres: Fiction in translation
Paperback. £9.89, down from the £10.99 cover price. In Stock.
The Little Buddhist Monk was written by César Aira and published by And Other Stories
The Little Buddhist Monk has 144 pages
£9.89, reduced from £10.99. In Stock.