The Last Librarian

by Osdany Morales, Kristina Bonsager (Translation)

Awarded the Alejo Carpentier Award in 2012, The Last Librarian follows the journey of a writer who has decided, as a way of honoring the artists who have meant the most to him, to visit and deposit a single book within each of the Seven Libraries of the World. Morales's novel is a profound meditation on the origins and meaning of writing, time, and the act of artistic creation.

Genres: Fiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2012

Reviews

[Tonymess · Rating 4 out of 5]

An homage to the reader (& the writer), with innumerable literary references, music, film & styles to match, the fragments, stories that the writer has to produce in each library come to a masterful conclusion.
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