by Álvaro Mutis · Ediciones Cátedra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788437620718
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«Abdul Bashur, soñador de navíos» is the novel by Álvaro Mutis published by Ediciones Cátedra in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
Abdul Bashur, spiritual counterpart to Maqroll el Gaviero, pursues the ideal ship, a phantom vessel that everyone claims as indispensable for every sailor and that no one wants to find. Around that quest, the novel unfolds the everyday and fatal mystique of the sea and joins the saga «Empresas y tribulaciones» by Álvaro Mutis.
It belongs to the Letras Hispánicas collection (no. 545), edited by Claudio Canaparo, and to the saga «Empresas y tribulaciones» by Álvaro Mutis. It was first published as a book in 1991.
For the general public interested in the narrative of Álvaro Mutis and in the Maqroll el Gaviero saga.
Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, which revolves around the character of Maqroll el Gaviero. He won the 1991 International Nonino Prize in Italy. He was awarded the 2001 Miguel de Cervantes Prize and the 2002 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
