Spanish Short Stories 1

Klappentext Excellent reading in either Spanish or English, the eight short stories in this collection by authors including Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Márquez and Camilo José Cela have been chosen for their readability and literary merit. Seven are from Spanish America, only one from Spain, an unsurprising ratio considering there are no less than nineteen Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas, and that the short story is an extremely popular form among authors there. This selection also, therefore, gives the reader an insight into the differences between the literary cultures. Printed approximately in order of difficulty, the stories are accompanied by parallel English translations and notes on the text. Zusammenfassung A collection of eight short stories. It gives the reader an insight into the differences between the literary cultures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction EMMA ZUNZJorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) translated by Donald A. Yates THE BUDGETMario Benedetti (1920- ) translated by Gerald Brown THE CAVALRY COLONELH.A. Murena (1923- ) translated by Gordon Brotherston ISABEL'S SOLILOQUY: WATCHING THE RAIN IN MACONDOGabriel Garcia Marquez (1928- ) translated by Richard Southern WELCOME, BOBJuan Carlos Onetti (1909- ) translated by Donald L. Shaw THE ROMERIACamilo Jose Cela (1916- ) translated by Gordon Brotherston THE PIGEONCarlos Martinez Moreno (1917- ) translated by Giovanni Pontiero TALPAJuan Rulfo (1918-86) translated by J.A. Chapman Notes on Spanish Texts

Product details

• Authors: J. (ed) Franco, Jean Franco, none, Various
• Assisted by: Jean Franco (Editor), Franco Jean (Editor)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.07.1973
• EAN: 9780140025002
• ISBN: 978-0-14-002500-2
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Parallel Text; Penguin Parallel Text
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Short Stories, Fiction in translation, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Spanish, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / Spanish & Portuguese, LITERARY CRITICISM / Short Stories, Spanish, Modern and contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945)