Title: Don Segundo Sombra
First published: 1900
Description: "New translation of 1926 Argentine classic, accompanied by extensive critical materials. Seven essays by scholars including Gwen Kirkpatrick and Beatriz Sarlo treat historical, literary, and biographical topics. Steiner discusses novel's setting, writing, and reception, but does not reflect on translation process itself nor on differences between this work and 1935 version by Harriet De Onís (see HLAS 1:2119). Glossary and bibliography. Valuable teaching tool"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Subjects: Fiction, Spanish language, Readers, Gauchos, Ficción, Spanish language books, Sombra, Segundo, 1850 or 51-1936, Crítica e interpretación, Criticism and interpretation, Argentine literature, Argentine fiction, Fiction, general
Places: Argentina
People: Segundo Sombra (1850 or 51-1936), Ricardo Güiraldes (1886-1927)