Chromos
Chromos is the second novel of Spanish-born American writer Felipe Alfau (1902–1999), written in 1948 and published in 1990.
Composition and publication
Alfau described how he wrote the novel: "In the office between one document and another, I would write a paragraph or two. I then pasted together the whole book, as in a collage."[1] He completed it in 1948, but it was not published but not published until 1990[2] when Dalkey Archive Press released the first edition.[3]
Reception and legacy
The novel was nominated for a National Book Award[3] in 1990.[2]
Chromos had an influence on the works of fellow Spanish-American writer Eduardo Lago, whose Llámame Brooklyn shares stylistic, structural, and thematic similarities with Alfau's novel, such as a novel-within-a-novel.[4]
References
- ↑ Galasso 2010, p. 44.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Villeneuve 2013, p. 1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Galasso 2010, p. 43.
- ↑ Galasso 2010, pp. 43–44.
Works cited
- Galasso, Regina (2010). "The Lifeline of Chromos : Translation and Felipe Alfau". TranscUlturAl 1 (3): 43–55.
- Villeneuve, Philippe (2013). Confabulation, Collaboration, and Chromolithography: Memory as Construct in the Works of Felipe Alfau (Ph.D.). University of Ottawa.