A certain writer ("past sixty, enjoying 'a certain renown'") strolls through the old book market in a Buenos Aires park: "My Sunday walk through the market, repeated over so many years, was part of my general fantasizing about books. " Unfortunately, he is suffering from writer's block. However, that proves to be the least of our hero's problems. In the market, he fails to avoid the insufferable boor Ovando-"a complete loser" but a "man supremely full of himself: Conceit was never less justified. " And yet, is Ovando a master magician? Can he turn sugar cubes into pure gold? And can our protagon The Famous Magician - Cesar Aira od authora Cesar Aira a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.