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The prologue tells the story of the creation of the character later known as Merced de la Papel, a woman made of paper by Antonio, a former monk who had been famed for his abilities as an origami surgeon, meaning that he performed successful organ transplants using organs made of folded paper. But as medical technology surpassed his skills, he started creating origami animals and, eventually, the origami woman. Merced has "cardboard legs, cellophane appendix, and paper breasts".<ref>Harvest-Harcourt edition, 2005; p.15</ref> |
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| Author | Salvador Plascencia |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | McSweeney's Books, Mariner Books |
Publication date | June 2005 (McSweeney's), November 13, 2006 (Mariner) |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-932416-21-8 (McSweeney's, hardback), ISBN 978-0-15-603211-7 (Mariner, paperback) Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| OCLC | 60654785 |
The People of Paper is the debut novel of Salvador Plascencia. It was first published as a part of the Rectangulars line of McSweeney's Books.[citation needed] In form the novel owes a debt to a wide variety of experimental fiction from the magical realism of Latin American writers, to the Beat writings of William S. Burroughs, to the American postmodernists of the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in its turn towards metafiction.[citation needed] The book is notable for its unique layout, featuring columns of text running in different directions across the page, blacked out sections, and a name that has literally been cut out of the novel.
The central events depicted in the novel are variously described as a war against Saturn, against sadness, and against omniscient narration. The leader of this war is Federico de la Fe, a Mexican man who is abandoned by his wife Merced due to his chronic bed-wetting. As a result of his remorse, he falls into a depression which he cures through "burn-collecting," or burning parts of his body. After leaving Mexico for the United States, Federico de la Fe and his daughter Little Merced settle in the small, flower-growing town of El Monte. There, Federico de la Fe enlists the help of the town and a local gang of flower-pickers, who call themselves the El Monte Flores, in order to combat the influence of Saturn.
The novel was republished in paperback by Mariner Books in 2006.
Plot
Prologue
The prologue tells the story of the creation of the character later known as Merced de la Papel, a woman made of paper by Antonio, a former monk who had been famed for his abilities as an origami surgeon, meaning that he performed successful organ transplants using organs made of folded paper. But as medical technology surpassed his skills, he started creating origami animals and, eventually, the origami woman. Merced has "cardboard legs, cellophane appendix, and paper breasts".[1]
I: El Monte Flores
II: Cloudy skies and lonely mornings
III: The sky is falling
References
- ^ Harvest-Harcourt edition, 2005; p.15
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