by Juan José Saer · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782080662705
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«L'Occasion» is the novel by Juan José Saer, published by Flammarion in paperback (192 pages, in French).
The novel recounts several lives sketched in a single character, Bianco, alias A. Burton: a celebrated telepath in nineteenth-century Europe, a fugitive pursued by a conspiracy, a spy in the service of the Prussian army, and a stateless man who arrives in Argentina to forget and make his fortune. A portrait of solitude and multiple identities.
Translation from Spanish (Argentina) by Laure Bataillon; original title: La ocasión. Winner of the Premio Nadal.
For readers of literary fiction, historical fiction, and Latin American literature.
Juan José Saer was a major Argentine writer. For his novel The Event, he won the Premio Nadal in 1987. In 1990, he shared the Silver Condor Award for Best Original Screenplay for the film Las veredas de Saturno. In 2004, he received a Platinum Konex Award for his 1994–98 work.
