Short stories in Spanish / edited by John R. King.

Contributor(s):

King, John R

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: spaeng Original language: Spanish Series: New Penguin parallel textsPublication details: London, England ; New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 1999.Description: xiii, 233 p. ; 20 cm.; PbkISBN:

9780140265415

Other title:

Parallel title on cover: Cuentos en español

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

863.0108064 SHO

Online resources:

Contents:

Eva's indifference / Soledad Puértolas -- A literary tea party / Julio Ramón Ribeyro -- On the honeymoon / Javier Marías -- Walimai / Isabel Allende -- Maria dos Prazeres / Gabriel García Márquez -- Las amigas / Carlos Fuentes -- Absurd ending / Laura Freixas -- The possessed / Antonio Muñoz Molina -- Second time round / Julio Cortázar -- Syllabus / Juan Benet.

Summary: A dual-language edition of contemporary stories from throughout the Hispanic world, perfect for learners of either language This volume of ten short stories, with parallel translations, offers students of Spanish at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature, without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary. Richly diverse in themes and styles, the stories are by both new and well-established writers and range from the sharp insights of Gabriel García Márquez’s “María dos Prazeres” and the teasing, deceptive simplicity of Javier Marías’s “On the Honeymoon” to Isabel Allende’s powerful evocation of the oral traditions of the Amerindian and the philosophical speculation of Laura Freixas’s “Absurd Ending.” Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	863.0108064 SHO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K2598

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Eva's indifference / Soledad Puértolas --
A literary tea party / Julio Ramón Ribeyro --
On the honeymoon / Javier Marías --
Walimai / Isabel Allende --
Maria dos Prazeres / Gabriel García Márquez --
Las amigas / Carlos Fuentes --
Absurd ending / Laura Freixas --
The possessed / Antonio Muñoz Molina --
Second time round / Julio Cortázar --
Syllabus / Juan Benet.

A dual-language edition of contemporary stories from throughout the Hispanic world, perfect for learners of either language

This volume of ten short stories, with parallel translations, offers students of Spanish at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature, without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary.

Richly diverse in themes and styles, the stories are by both new and well-established writers and range from the sharp insights of Gabriel García Márquez’s “María dos Prazeres” and the teasing, deceptive simplicity of Javier Marías’s “On the Honeymoon” to Isabel Allende’s powerful evocation of the oral traditions of the Amerindian and the philosophical speculation of Laura Freixas’s “Absurd Ending.”

Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.

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