TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stavans,Ilan
TI  - The one-handed pianist and other stories
SN  - 082631645X
U1  - 863 20
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Albuquerque
PB  - University of New Mexico Press
KW  - Stavans, Ilan
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -