The one-handed pianist and other stories
By: Ilan Stavans.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Stavans, Ilan -- Translations into English.
Description: "Translations of eight stories and a novella from two books: La pianista manca (1991) and Talia y el cielo (1979; rev. 1989). Work treats identity, literary influence, writer's coming of age: themes Stavans details in an autobiographical epilogue.  'Wonderful fables for the Aeonic Age reader' (Don Webb: American Book Review, June/July 1997, p. 17). Excellent translations by author and several others"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Stories first appeared in Spanish in two volumes, Talia y el cielo and La pianista manca.
Table of contents: title: A heaven without crows; title: The invention of memory; title: The death of Yankos; title: The one-handed pianist; title: Talia in heaven; title: The spot; title: House repossessed; title: Three nightmares; title: Epilogue : lost in translation.