PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Gregory Rabassa (1922-2016) was the recipient of multiple prizes including a lifetime achievement award from the PEN American Center for contributions to Hispanic literature and a National Medal of Arts. He was the translator of One Hundred Years of Solitude, among other classic works.
"""If translators are the anonymous heroes of contemporary literature, its anonymous superhero is Gregory Rabassa."" -- The New York Times Book Review ""The best Latin American writer in the English language."" -- Gabriel García Márquez ""Widely considered one of the greatest practitioners of his craft."" -- The New York Times ""In this supple narrative, packed with erudition and yet leavened by Rabassa's mordant, often self-effacing wit, less becomes more."" -- Newsweek ""Excellent literary entertainment. Read these pages while sipping a Brazilian caipirinha, and you'll spend a fine and mellow evening."" -- Michael Dirda - The Washington Post ""An insider's view that is available nowhere else, and everyone, neophytes as well as past or present Spanish majors, can profit from it."" -- The LA Times Book Review"
