The one-handed pianist and other stories /
Stavans, Ilan.
The one-handed pianist and other stories / Ilan Stavans. - 1st ed. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1996. - 196 p. ; 20 cm. - 863 .
Stories first appeared in Spanish in two volumes, Talia y el cielo and La pianista manca.
A heaven without crows -- The invention of memory -- The death of Yankos -- The one-handed pianist -- Talia in heaven -- The spot -- House repossessed -- Three nightmares -- Epilogue : lost in translation.
"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. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
082631645X
Stavans, Ilan--Translations into English.
863
The one-handed pianist and other stories / Ilan Stavans. - 1st ed. - Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1996. - 196 p. ; 20 cm. - 863 .
Stories first appeared in Spanish in two volumes, Talia y el cielo and La pianista manca.
A heaven without crows -- The invention of memory -- The death of Yankos -- The one-handed pianist -- Talia in heaven -- The spot -- House repossessed -- Three nightmares -- Epilogue : lost in translation.
"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. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
082631645X
Stavans, Ilan--Translations into English.
863