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César Aira, The Little Buddhist Monk & The Proof
塞萨尔•艾拉《小和尚》和《证据》

Two distinctly different novellas, translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor, show the range of this Argentine author of more than 90 books, known for playful experimentation, narrative tension and bite. In the first, a Korean monk meets a French photographer obsessed with "culturally charged spaces" and his wife. He offers to become their guide to Buddhist temples. Soon it seems he's ushering them into a parallel world and they may not be able to find a way back. In The Proof, two punk lesbians try to pick up a 16-year-old girl walking near Plaza Flores in Buenos Aires. With ice cream, witty interrogation and a supermarket heist the two gradually pull her into their orbit. Aira has been shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. (Credit: New Directions)
阿根廷作家塞萨尔•艾拉的《小和尚》和《证据》由尼克•凯斯特翻译，这两本风格迥异的小说显示了作者宽泛的题材涉猎，艾拉的小说超过90部，以创意有趣、叙事富有张力和感染力著称。在《小和尚》中，一个韩国僧人遇到了痴迷于“文化空间”的法国摄影师和他的妻子。他提议做向导带他们去佛教寺庙。很快，这位僧人似乎正把他们带进一个可能找不到出路的平行空间里。在《证据》中，两个女同小混混试图在布宜诺斯艾利斯的弗洛雷斯广场上搭讪一名路过的16岁少女。冰淇淋、机智的套话和一场超市抢劫案将让两人慢慢将少女拉入了她们的生活轨道。艾拉已经入围布克国际文学奖。（来源：新方向出版社）