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Wilson, Jason, 1944-

Buenos Aires : a cultural and literary history / Jason Wilson ; [foreword: Alberto Manguel]. - Rev. and repr. - Oxford : Signal Books, 2007. - 301 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 21 cm. - Cities of the imagination . - Cities of the imagination. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-281) and indexes.

The most European of South American cities, Buenos Aires evokes exile and nostalgia. A nineteenth-century replica of Paris or Madrid set adrift in an alien continent, its identity is neither of the Old World nor the New. The citys rootlessness has famously found expression in the melancholy of tango and, more recently, in a vogue for psycho-analysis even more widespread than New Yorks.
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ISBN: 1904955096 9781904955092

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA931755 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014510808 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Literature.
Manners and customs.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Buenos Aires (Argentina)--Description and travel.--Description and travel.
Buenos Aires (Argentina)--In literature.
Buenos Aires (Argentina)--History--Miscellanea.
Buenos Aires (Argentina)--Social life and customs.
Argentina--Buenos Aires.

LC Class. No.: F3001 / .W68 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 918.211