The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories

This exciting new collection celebrates the Spanish short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable work being written today. Featuring over fifty stories selected by revered translator Margaret Jull Costa, it blends hidden gems and old favourites, surprising new voices and giants of Spain''s literary culture, from Emilia Pardo Bazan and Leopoldo Alas, through Merce Rodoreda and Manuel Rivas, to Javier Marías. Brimming with romance, horror, history, farce, strangeness and beauty, and showcasing alluring hairdressers, war defectors, vampiric mothers, and talismanic mandrake roots, the daring and entertaining assortment of tales in The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories will be a treasure trove for readers.>

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Bunstead, Pete Bush, Peter Bush, Margaret Jull Costa, Simon Deefholt, Margaret Jull Costa, Kit Maude, Kathryn Phillips-Miles
• Assisted by: Margaret Jull Costa (Editor), Margaret Jull Costa (Editor), Thomas Bunstead (Translation), Bunstead Thomas (Translation), Peter Bush (Translation), Bush Peter (Translation), Margaret Jull Costa (Translation), Simon Deefholt (Translation), Margaret Jull Costa (Translation), Kit Maude (Translation), Maude Kit (Translation), Kathryn Phillips-Miles (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.04.2023
• EAN: 9780241390504
• ISBN: 978-0-241-39050-4
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Spain, FICTION / Classics, Short Stories, FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors), Fiction in translation, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / Spanish & Portuguese, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary