Chromos
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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."Template:Sfn He completed it in 1948, but not published until 1990Template:Sfn when Dalkey Archive Press released the first edition.Template:Sfn
Reception and legacy
The novel was nominated for a National Book AwardTemplate:Sfn in 1990.Template:Sfn
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.Template:Sfn
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