| The Word of the Speechless: Selected Stories Contributor(s): Ribeyro, Julio Ramon (Author), Silver, Katherine (Translator), Silver, Katherine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1681373238 ISBN-13: 9781681373232 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: 863.64 |
| LCCN: 2018052624 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.62 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Available in English for the first time, a collection of deeply humane stories depicting marginalized populations by one of the greatest South American writers of the 20th century. The Peruvian writer Julio Ram n Ribeyro is one of the masters of the short story and a major contributor to the great flourishing of Latin American literature that followed the Second World War. In a letter to an editor, Ribeyro said about his stories, "in most of them] those who are deprived of words in life find expression--the marginalized, the forgotten, those condemned to an existence without harmony and without voice. I have restored to them the breath they've been denied, and I've allowed them to modulate their own longings, outbursts, and distress." This is work of deep humanity, imbued with a disorienting lyricism that is Ribeyro's alone. The Word of the Speechless, edited and translated by Katherine Silver, introduces readers to an indispensable and unforgettable voice of Latin American fiction. |