Ramon Gomez de la Serna - New Perspectives

A celebrity in his own day, who gave lectures dressed as Napoleon or seated on the back of an elephant, Ram-n G-mez de la Serna is the most representative writer of the interwar Spanish avant-garde.

This book explores G-mez de la Serna''s art and his quest to break down the barriers between literature and life, addressing two elements - already present in his work - of radical relevance in today''s cultural debates: the relation of humans to the material world and the reduction of all experience to a singular individuality. Bringing G-mez de la Serna to an Anglophone audience, it reveals him to be the embodiment of a new kind of art on both sides of the Atlantic.