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001 96199928
003 DLC
005 20021207203149.0
008 960913s1996 nyu 000 1 eng d
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050 04 $aPQ7087.E5$bM3 1996
082 00 $a863$221
245 00 $aMasterworks of Latin American short fiction :$beight novellas /$cedited by Cass Canfield, Jr. ; introduction by Ilan Stavans.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bIcon Editions,$cc1996.
300 $axxii, 385 p. ;$c25 cm.
546 $aTranslated from Spanish or Portugese.
505 0 $aThe incredible and sad tale of innocent Eréndira and her heartless grandmother / Gabriel García Márquez -- Miss Florence's trunk / Ana Lydia Vega -- I heard her sing / G. Cabrera Infante -- The snow of the admiral / Alvaro Mutis -- The road to Santiago / Alejo Carpentier -- The pursuer / Julio Cortázar -- My uncle, the jaguar / João Guimarães Rosa -- The daisy dolls / Felisberto Hernández.
520 1 $a"Translations of works by eminent writers (Cabrera Infante, Carpentier, Cortázar, García Márquez, Guimarães Rosa, Felisberto Hernández, Mutis, Ana Lydia Vega) reprinted from previous editions. Accomplished, excellent translators in all cases. Strong locating introduction by Stavans describes trajectory of novella in Latin America, historical antecedents, and current practices. Short bio-bibliographies of authors. Unusual volume for its varied selection of writers"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.$uhttp://www.loc.gov/hlas/
650 0 $aLatin American fiction$y20th century$xTranslations into English.
700 1 $aCanfield, Cass,$cJr.