| Author: | William Goyen | ISBN: | 9781941531129 |
| Publisher: | Dzanc Books | Publication: | October 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Dzanc Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | William Goyen |
| ISBN: | 9781941531129 |
| Publisher: | Dzanc Books |
| Publication: | October 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Dzanc Books |
| Language: | English |
Completed while he was dying, William Goyen's Arcadio is one of the most affecting and imaginative farewells to life ever written. Arcadio, whose voice is inimitably Goyenesque, is a creature from beyond the normal walk of life. Half man, half woman, raised in a whorehouse and for years the veteran exhibitionist in an itinerant circus sideshow, he has escaped from the show and has been wandering in a quest for his lost family. Speaking intimately to the reader, he tells the bizarre and fantastic tale of his life.
Completed while he was dying, William Goyen's Arcadio is one of the most affecting and imaginative farewells to life ever written. Arcadio, whose voice is inimitably Goyenesque, is a creature from beyond the normal walk of life. Half man, half woman, raised in a whorehouse and for years the veteran exhibitionist in an itinerant circus sideshow, he has escaped from the show and has been wandering in a quest for his lost family. Speaking intimately to the reader, he tells the bizarre and fantastic tale of his life.
