A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes: Stories from Latin America - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0525933670 ISBN 13 : 9780525933670

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Introduction

One: The River Plate

Horacio Quiroga: The Dead Man
Julia Cortázar: Axolotl
Armonía Somers: Waiting for Polidoro
Jorge Luís Borges: The Circular Ruins
Juan Carlos Onetti: The Dog Will Have Its Day
Adolfo Bioy Casares: The Idol
Manuel Puig: Relative Humidity 95%

Two: Chile

Isabel Allende: Toad's Mouth

Three: Brazil

Jorge Amado: The Miracle of the Birds
Murilo Rubião: The Ex-Magician from the Minhota Tavern
Clarice Lispector: Love
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis: The Psychiatrist
Moacyr Scliar: The Plagues
João Guimarães Rosa: The Third Bank of the River
João Ubaldo Ribeiro: It Was a Different Day When They Killed the Pig
Lygia Fagundes Telles: The Corset
Rubem Fonseca: Lonelyhearts
Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes: Twice with Helena

Four: Mexico

Carlos Fuentes: The Doll Queen
Juan Rulfo: Luvina

Five: The Caribbean

Rosario Ferré: The Gift
Reinaldo Arenas: Bestial Among the Flowers
Ana Lydia Vega: Story-Bound
Gabriel García Márquez: The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship
Guillermo Cabrera Infante: The Phantom of the Essoldo
Alejo Carpentier: Journey Back to the Source

Biographie de l'auteur

Thomas Colchie is an acclaimed translator, editor, and literary agent for international authors. He is the editor of A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes. He has written for the Village Voice and The Washington Post. His translations include Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman and (with Elizabeth Bishop, Gregory Rabassa, and Mark Strand) Carlos Drummond de Andrade's Travelling in the Family.

Détails de l'édition

• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0525933670
• ISBN 13: 9780525933670
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible