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Complete Works and Other Stories

AUTHOR Grossman, Edith; Corral, Wilfrido H.; Grossman, Edith et al.
PUBLISHER University of Texas Press (01/01/1996)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)
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Augusto Monterroso is widely known for short stories characterized by brilliant satire and wit. Yet behind scathing allusions to the weaknesses and defects of the artistic and intellectual worlds, they show his generous and expansive sense of compassion.

This book brings together for the first time in English the volumes Complete Works (and Other Stories) (Obras completas [y otros cuentos] 1959) and Perpetual Motion (Movimiento perpetuo 1972). Together, they reveal Monterroso as a foundational author of the new Latin American narrative.
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ISBN-13: 9780292751842
ISBN-10: 0292751842
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 170
Carton Quantity: 46
Product Dimensions: 5.53 x 0.57 x 8.53 inches
Weight: 0.50 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Price on Product
Country of Origin: US
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Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
Dewey Decimal: FIC
Library of Congress Control Number: 95014550
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Augusto Monterroso is widely known for short stories characterized by brilliant satire and wit. Yet behind scathing allusions to the weaknesses and defects of the artistic and intellectual worlds, they show his generous and expansive sense of compassion.

This book brings together for the first time in English the volumes Complete Works (and Other Stories) (Obras completas [y otros cuentos] 1959) and Perpetual Motion (Movimiento perpetuo 1972). Together, they reveal Monterroso as a foundational author of the new Latin American narrative.

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Author: Monterroso, Augusto
Augusto Monterroso is the internationally renowned author of nine books, including The Black Sheep and Other Fables. A resident of Mexico since 1956, he won the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize, Mexico's highest literary honor, in 1975.
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Translator: Grossman, Edith
Edith Grossman is the award-winning translator of major works by many of Latin America's most important writers. Born in Philadelphia, she attended the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California at Berkeley before receiving her PhD from New York University. She lives in New York City.
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