The Witness

Author: Juan Jose Saer

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Price : 23.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781846686917
Publisher : Profile Books Ltd
Imprint : Serpent's Tail
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Weight (g) : 0.22
Publication date : 01 January 2009
Dimensions : 203mm X 127mm X 11mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : Juan Jose Saer
Bind : Paperback
Edition : Main
Pages : 172
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In sixteenth-century Spain, a cabin boy is bound for the New World. An inland expedition ends in disaster when it is attacked by Indians, leaving the young boy, as sole survivor, to face his fate amidst the natives.

The Witness is a reflection on memory, on the role of objects in the construction of our world, on the relationship between existence and meaning, on foreignness, cultural identity and otherness.