Piano Stories
By: Felisberto Hernández ; translated from the Spanish by Luis Harss ; with a preface by Francine Prose ; and an introduction by Italo Calvino
Contributors: Harss, Luis, 1936- translator; Prose, Francine, 1947- author; Calvino, Italo, author
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780811221801
Subjects: Short stories
Work titles: Nadie encendia las lamparas
Description: Presents a collection of classic stories by the Uruguayan author, exploring the distortions of memory and the obssessions that can take over everyday life.
Notes: "A New Directions paperbook."

Translation from the Spanish of: Nadie encendia las lamparas.
Table of contents: title: How not to explain my sotries --; title: Just before falling asleep --; title: The stray horse --; title: No one had lit a lamp --; title: The balcony --; title: The usher --; title: Except Julia --; title: The woman who looked like me --; title: My first concert --; title: The dark dining room --; title: The green heart --; title: "Lovebird" furniture --; title: The two stories --; title: The daisy dolls --; title: The flooded house.