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A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes

Stories from Latin America

Thomas Colchie

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English
Plume
01 November 1992
This collection of twenty-six stories is ""a fine introduction to Latin American literature"" (The Washington Post Book World).

This splendid collection of stories by twenty-six Latin American authors features the new voices and celebrated masters of one of the world's foremost literatures. Explore the gothic sexual ambiguities of Carlos Fuentes'""The Doll Queen,"" the psychological compression of Clarice Lispector's""Love,"" or the baroque pyrotechnics of Machado de Assis and Adolfo Bioy Casares. Discover the parodicallyhard-boiled detective fiction of Ana Lydia Vega and some decidedly soft-boiled criminals in Rubem Fonesca's""Lonelyhearts.""

From erotic comedies by Isabel Allende and Jorge Amado to the playful labyrinths of Guillermo Cabrera Infante's London streets or Armonia Somers' roomful of clocks, A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes reveals the virtuosity of Latin American literature at its finest, and provides an illuminating journey into dreamlike and unexpected worlds.
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Imprint:   Plume
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   482g
ISBN:   9780452268661
ISBN 10:   0452268664
Pages:   448
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Thomas Colchie is an acclaimed translator, editor, and literary agent for international authors. He is the editor of A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes. He has written for the Village Voice and The Washington Post. His translations include Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman and (with Elizabeth Bishop, Gregory Rabassa, and Mark Strand) Carlos Drummond de Andrade's Travelling in the Family.

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