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Chaos, A Fable

By: Rodrigo Rey Rosa, Jeffrey Gray - translator
Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
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Publisher's Summary

A breathtaking novella about faith and anarchy by the acclaimed and prizewinning Latin American writer Rodrigo Rey Rosa.

Mexican author Rubirosa is attending a book fair in Tangier when he reconnects with an old acquaintance, a Moroccan artist who asks one favor of his visiting friend: to access the puzzling files on a memory card. It could help fulfill the destiny of his son Abdelkrim. It could also unwittingly draw both men into irreversible events already in motion on distant shores.

In America, Abdelkrim, a brilliant aspiring astronaut deemed “too Muslim” for citizenship, has teamed up with an equally gifted young prodigy, a witness to the plight of Syrian refugees. Together, the foreign students share a vision of altering the world’s geopolitical landscape to end human suffering with a nearly inconceivable blueprint. And they can turn theory to reality. They can bring about change. But only through a technological apocalypse can there be redemption - by unleashing total chaos.

A provocative morality tale that moves with the visceral rhythms of a high-tech thriller, Chaos, A Fable is a spare and stunning triumph from one of the most celebrated Latin American authors of his generation.

©2016 Rodrigo Rey Rosa (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Translation © 2019 by Jeffrey Gray. Excerpt from “El aleph” by Jorge Luis Borges. © 1995 Maria Kodama, used by permission of The Wylie Agency LLC.

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