The first English translation of a major Argentine literary figure. With
an uncommon blend of elation and discretion, The Life and Memoirs of
Doctor Pi takes readers on a journey of mysterious encounters, unspoken
agreements, of?cial-esque errands, and romantic escapades. Doctor Pi is
an unflappable, perfectly human superhero--charismatic, artful, and with
an understated swagger, master of his familiar yet impossible world.
With its uncanny trust that language can capture that world in all its
strangeness, The Life and Memoirs of Doctor Pi is delightful,
mischievous, captivating in its suggestions of deeper literary and
cultural intrigues. In the life of Doctor Pi, the familiar is rendered
strange, but recognizable; the anticipated act is always ful?lled, but
never as expected; and though consequences do ensue, they are never
foreseeable, nor repeatable, and usually not very reasonable, either. To
read Doctor Pi is to set forth on an expedition like no
other--impossible to turn back from, impossible not to lose oneself in.