| Piano Stories Contributor(s): Hernandez, Felisberto (Author), Harss, Luis (Translator), Calvino, Italo (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0811221806 ISBN-13: 9780811221801 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2013039362 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.65 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Piano Stories presents fifteen wonderful works by the great Uruguayan author Felisberto Hernández, "a writer like no other," as Italo Calvino declares in his introduction: "like no European or Latin American. He is an 'irregular, ' who eludes all classifications and labellings -- yet he is unmistakable on any page to which one might randomly open one of his books." Piano Stories contains classic tales such as "The Daisy Dolls," "The Usher," and "The Flooded House." |
Contributor Bio(s): Prose, Francine: - Born in Brooklyn, Francine Prose has published fourteen novels. The Washington Post has called her work a "sheer delight."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. |