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100	1		_aSilva, José Asunción _d, 1865-1896.
240	1	0	_aDe sobremesa _l. English
245	1	0	_aAfter-dinner conversation _b: the diary of a decadent _c/ by José Asunción Silva ; translated with an introduction and notes by Kelly Washbourne
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aAustin _b: University of Texas Press _c, 2005.
300			_aix, 260 p. _c; 22 cm.
440		0	_aTexas Pan American literature in translation series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-260).
520			_aLost in a shipwreck in 1895, rewritten before the author' suicide in 1896, and not published until 1925, After-Dinner Conversation ( De sobremesa ) is perhaps the single best work for understanding turn-of-the-twentieth-century writing in South America. It is the diary of a Decadent sensation-collector in exile in Paris who undertakes a quest to find his beloved Helen, a vision whom his fevered imagination sees as his salvation. Along the way, he struggles with irreconcilable urges and temptations that pull him in every direction while he endures an environment indifferent or hostile to spiritual and intellectual pursuits, as did the modernista writers themselves.
600	1	0	_aSilva, José Asunción _d, 1865-1896.
700	1		_aWashbourne, Kelly
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