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Piano Stories
Felisberto Hernandez
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Description for Piano Stories
Paperback. Translator(s): Harss, Luis. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
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.”
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.”
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780811221801
SKU
V9780811221801
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About Felisberto Hernandez
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. Born in Brooklyn, Francine Prose has published fourteen novels. The Washington Post has called ... Read more
Reviews for Piano Stories
"Poetry that transforms the ordinary into the uncanny."
Bookforum "Excellent … miraculously alive … wonderful."
Michael Pye - The New York Times Book Review "A vision of such startling beauty that it flares up like an old-fashioned phosphorous match and illuminates our whole lives."
Francine Prose "If I hadn't read the stories of Felisberto Hernandez in 1950, ... Read more
Bookforum "Excellent … miraculously alive … wonderful."
Michael Pye - The New York Times Book Review "A vision of such startling beauty that it flares up like an old-fashioned phosphorous match and illuminates our whole lives."
Francine Prose "If I hadn't read the stories of Felisberto Hernandez in 1950, ... Read more