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Piano stories
Author
Uniform Title
Nadie encendia las lamparas. English
Title
Piano stories / Felisberto Hernández ; translated from the Spanish by Luis Harss ; with a preface by Francine Prose and an introduction by Italo Calvino.
ISBN
9780811221801 (acid-free paper)
Publication
New York : New Directions, [2014]
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
xxii, 262 pages ; 21 cm
Local Notes
BEIN New Directions 1560: Paperbound.
Notes
"A New Directions paperbook."
"Advance readers' copy"--Unnumbered page 1 of cover.
"Uncorrected proof"--Unnumbered page 4 of cover.
Summary
Presents a collection of classic stories by the Uruguayan author, exploring the distortions of memory and the obssessions that can take over everyday life.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 10, 2014
Contents
How not to explain my sotries
Just before falling asleep
The stray horse
No one had lit a lamp
The balcony
The usher
Except Julia
The woman who looked like me
My first concert
The dark dining room
The green heart
"Lovebird" furniture
The two stories
The daisy dolls
The flooded house.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Proofs (Printing) - New York (State) - New York - 2014.
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New Directions Publishing.
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