A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes: Stories from Latin America (Plume)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0452268664 ISBN 13: 9780452268661

Verlag: Penguin, 1992

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Reseña del editor:

IntroductionOne: The River PlateHoracio Quiroga: The Dead ManJulia Cortazar: AxolotlArmonia Somers: Waiting for PolidoroJorge Luis Borges: The Circular RuinsJuan Carlos Onetti: The Dog Will Have Its DayAdolfo Bioy Casares: The IdolManuel Puig: Relative Humidity 95%Two: ChileIsabel Allende: Toad's MouthThree: BrazilJorge Amado: The Miracle of the BirdsMurilo Rubiao: The Ex-Magician from the Minhota TavernClarice Lispector: LoveJoaquim Maria Machado de Assis: The PsychiatristMoacyr Scliar: The PlaguesJoao Guimaraes Rosa: The Third Bank of the RiverJoao Ubaldo Ribeiro: It Was a Different Day When They Killed the PigLygia Fagundes Telles: The CorsetRubem Fonseca: LonelyheartsPaulo Emilio Salles Gomes: Twice with HelenaFour: MexicoCarlos Fuentes: The Doll QueenJuan Rulfo: LuvinaFive: The CaribbeanRosario Ferre: The GiftReinaldo Arenas: Bestial Among the FlowersAna Lydia Vega: Story-BoundGabriel Garcia Marquez: The Last Voyage of the Ghost ShipGuillermo Cabrera Infante: The Phantom of the EssoldoAlejo Carpentier: Journey Back to the Source"

Biografía del autor:

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.