The collected stories of Moacyr Scliar
By: translated by Eloah F. Giacomelli ; introduction by Ilan Stavans.
Contributors: Giacomelli, Eloah F.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Jewish Latin America ;; [7]
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
Subjects: Scliar, Moacyr -- Translations into English.
Description: "Superb volume consists of Scliar's six collections of stories published between 1968-89, three of which have never before been rendered into English. Excellently translated, work conveys in fluent, evocative prose Scliar's enormous success in this difficult form. Stories range from biblical parables, through magical realism, to fantastic and humorous accounts. Concludes with a short autobiographical essay"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Table of contents: title: The carnival of animals; title: The ballad of the false Messiah; title: The tremulous earth; title: The dwarf in the television set; title: The enigmatic eye; title: Van Gogh's ear.