Marginal Voices: Selected Stories - Couverture souple

Ribeyro, Julio Ramón

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0292770588 ISBN 13 : 9780292770584

Editeur : University of Texas Press, 1993

Synopsis

Julio RamÓn Ribeyro has been widely acclaimed Peru's master storyteller. Until now, however, few of his stories have been translated into English. This volume brings together fifteen stories written during the period 1952-1975, which were collected in the three volumes of La palabra del mudo.

Ribeyro's stories treat the social problems brought about by urban expansion, including poverty, racial and sexual discrimination, class struggles, alienation, and violence. At the same time, elements of the fantastic playfully interrupt some of the stories. As Ribeyro's characters become swept up in circumstances beyond their understanding, we see that the only freedom or dignity left them comes from their own imaginations.

The fifteen stories included here are "Terra Incognita," "Barbara," "The Featherless Buzzards," "Of Modest Color," "The Substitute Teacher," "The Insignia," "The Banquet," "Alienation (An Instructive Story with a Footnote)," "The Little Laid Cow," "The Jacaranda Trees," "Bottles and Men," "Nothing to Do, Monsieur Baruch," "The Captives," "The Spanish," and "Painted Papers."

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

A native of Lima, Peru, Julio Ramón Ribeyro was the author of eight volumes of short stories, as well as novels, plays, and literary criticism. Translator Dianne Douglas is an associate professor of Spanish at Louisiana Tech University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Texas Press
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0292770588
• ISBN 13: 9780292770584
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 153
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• Personne responsable: non disponible