| Two Crocodiles Contributor(s): Dostoevsky, Fyodor (Author), Hernandez, Felisberto (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811220982 ISBN-13: 9780811220989 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $9.86 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2013003577 |
| Series: New Directions Pearls |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 4.4" W x 6.8" (0.15 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Two Crocodiles highlights two literary masters from opposite ends of the world -- Russia's Fyodor Dostoevsky and Uruguay's Felisberto Hernández. Dostoevsky's crocodile, cruelly displayed in a traveling sideshow, gobbles whole a pretentious high-ranking civil servant. But the functionary survives unscathed and seizes his new unique platform to expound to the fascinated public. Dostoevsky's Crocodile is a matchless, hilarious satire. Hernández's Crocodile, on the other hand, while also terribly funny, is a heartbreaker. A pianist struggling to make ends meet as a salesman finds success when he begins to weep before clients and audience alike, but then he can't stop the crocodile tears. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hernandez, Felisberto: - Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1902, Felisberto Hernández was a talented pianist, playing in the silent-screen movie theaters when he was twelve years old. He later toured the small concert halls of Uruguay and Argentina. He married four times, published seven books, and died, impoverished, in 1964.Dostoevsky, Fyodor: - Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and many other novels. |