A dream come true : the collected stories of Juan Carlos Onetti / translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Onetti, Juan Carlos, 1909-1994, author.

Contributor:

Silver, Katherine, translator.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Onetti, Juan Carlos, 1909-1994--Translations into English.

Onetti, Juan Carlos.

Onetti, Juan Carlos, 1909-1994.

Genre:

Short stories.

Translations.

Physical Description:

x, 547 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

First Archipelago Books edition.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2019.

Language Note:

Translated into English from Spanish.

Summary:

"Mario Vargas Llosa referred to Juan Carlos Onetti as 'one of the great modern writers, not only in Latin America.' A hero to the likes of Llosa and Gabriel García Márquez and a vital forbearer to magical realism, Onetti won the Cervantes Prize in 1980. A Dream Come True, beautifully translated by Katherine Silver, gathers Onetti's entire body of short fiction into English for the first time. Onetti's characters drift untethered, through strange places with unfamiliar people. A woman idles in a beachside hotel during a prolonged convalescence; a grandmother serves café-con-leche to schoolboys resembling her lost grandson. In these mysterious, dream-like stories, everything is gestured at, nothing plainly told. Each offers a brief glimpse into the life of one of Onetti's vast cast of unusual characters, intimately rendering their sorrows, fears, and joys"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Avenida de Mayo

Diagonal

Avenida de Mayo / The obstacle / The possible Baldi / The tragic end of Alfredo Plumet / The perfect crime / Convalescence / A dream come true / Masquerade / Welcome, Bob / A long tale / Ninth of July : Independence Day / Back to the South / Esbjerg by the sea / The house in the Sand / The album / The tale of the Rosenkavalier and the Pregnant Virgin from Liliput / Most Dreaded Hell / The face of Disgrace / Jacob and the Other / As Sad as She / On the Thirty-First / The kidnapped Bride / Matías the Telegraph Operator / The twins / Death and the Girl / Dogs will have their Day / Presencia / Friends / Soap / The cat / The marketplace / The piggy / Full Moon / Tomorrow will be Another Day / The tree / Montiagne / Ki no tsurayuki / The shotgun / She / The araucaria / At Three in the Morning / The imposter / Kisses / Her Hand / Back and Forth / Ti me dai la cosa me, io te do la cosa te / Cursed Springtime / Beachcomber / The visit / Saint Joseph.

ISBN:

9781939810465

1939810469

OCLC:

1085637522