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The Resource A dream come true : the collected stories of Juan Carlos Onetti, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver

A dream come true : the collected stories of Juan Carlos Onetti, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver

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"Mario Vargas Llosa r/eferred to Juan Carlos Onetti as 'one of the great modern writers, not only in Latin America.' A hero to the likes of Llosa and Gabriel García Márquez and a vital forbearer to magical realism, Onetti won the Cervantes Prize in 1980. A Dream Come True, beautifully translated by Katherine Silver, gathers Onetti's entire body of short fiction into English for the first time. Onetti's characters drift untethered, through strange places with unfamiliar people. A woman idles in a beachside hotel during a prolonged convalescence; a grandmother serves café-con-leche to schoolboys resembling her lost grandson. In these mysterious, dream-like stories, everything is gestured at, nothing plainly told. Each offers a brief glimpse into the life of one of Onetti's vast cast of unusual characters, intimately rendering their sorrows, fears, and joys"--
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
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Publication
Edition
First Archipelago Books edition.
Extent
x, 547 pages
Contents
  • Welcome, Bob
  • A Long tale
  • Ninth of July : Independence Day
  • Back to the South
  • Esbjery by the Sea
  • House in the Sand /
  • The album
  • The Tale of the Rosenkavalier and the Pregnant Virgin from Liliput
  • Most Dreaded Hell
  • The Face of Disgrace
  • Avenida de Mayo, Diagonal, Avenida de Mayo
  • Jacob and the Other
  • As Sad as She
  • On the Thirty-First
  • The Kidnapped Bride
  • Matias the Telegraph Operator
  • Twins
  • Death and the Girl
  • Dogs will have their Day
  • Presencia
  • Friends
  • Obstacle /
  • Soap
  • The Cat
  • The Marketplace
  • The Piggy
  • Full Moon
  • Tomorrow will be Another Day
  • The Tree
  • Montiagne
  • Ki no Tsurayuki
  • The Shotgun
  • The possible Baldi
  • She
  • The Araucaria
  • At Three in the Morning
  • The Imposter
  • Kisses
  • Her Hand
  • Back and Forth
  • Tu me dai la cosa me, io te do la cosa te
  • Cursed Springtime
  • Beachcomber
  • The tragic end of Alfredo Plumet
  • The Visit
  • Saint Joseph
  • The perfect crime
  • Convalescence
  • A dream come true
  • Masquerade
Isbn
9781939810465
Instance
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A dream come true : the collected stories of Juan Carlos Onetti
Title
A dream come true
Title remainder
the collected stories of Juan Carlos Onetti
Statement of responsibility
translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver
Creator
Contributor
Author
Translator
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
"Mario Vargas Llosa r/eferred to Juan Carlos Onetti as 'one of the great modern writers, not only in Latin America.' A hero to the likes of Llosa and Gabriel García Márquez and a vital forbearer to magical realism, Onetti won the Cervantes Prize in 1980. A Dream Come True, beautifully translated by Katherine Silver, gathers Onetti's entire body of short fiction into English for the first time. Onetti's characters drift untethered, through strange places with unfamiliar people. A woman idles in a beachside hotel during a prolonged convalescence; a grandmother serves café-con-leche to schoolboys resembling her lost grandson. In these mysterious, dream-like stories, everything is gestured at, nothing plainly told. Each offers a brief glimpse into the life of one of Onetti's vast cast of unusual characters, intimately rendering their sorrows, fears, and joys"--
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1909-1994
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Onetti, Juan Carlos
Dewey number
863/.62
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maps
Index
no index present
Language note
Translated into English from Spanish
LC call number
PQ8519.O59
LC item number
A2 2019
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Silver, Katherine
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Onetti, Juan Carlos
Label
A dream come true : the collected stories of Juan Carlos Onetti, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver
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Publication
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  • 31223131107733
  • 31223131107725
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Welcome, Bob
  • A Long tale
  • Ninth of July : Independence Day
  • Back to the South
  • Esbjery by the Sea
  • House in the Sand /
  • The album
  • The Tale of the Rosenkavalier and the Pregnant Virgin from Liliput
  • Most Dreaded Hell
  • The Face of Disgrace
  • Avenida de Mayo, Diagonal, Avenida de Mayo
  • Jacob and the Other
  • As Sad as She
  • On the Thirty-First
  • The Kidnapped Bride
  • Matias the Telegraph Operator
  • Twins
  • Death and the Girl
  • Dogs will have their Day
  • Presencia
  • Friends
  • Obstacle /
  • Soap
  • The Cat
  • The Marketplace
  • The Piggy
  • Full Moon
  • Tomorrow will be Another Day
  • The Tree
  • Montiagne
  • Ki no Tsurayuki
  • The Shotgun
  • The possible Baldi
  • She
  • The Araucaria
  • At Three in the Morning
  • The Imposter
  • Kisses
  • Her Hand
  • Back and Forth
  • Tu me dai la cosa me, io te do la cosa te
  • Cursed Springtime
  • Beachcomber
  • The tragic end of Alfredo Plumet
  • The Visit
  • Saint Joseph
  • The perfect crime
  • Convalescence
  • A dream come true
  • Masquerade
Dimensions
19 cm
Edition
First Archipelago Books edition.
Extent
x, 547 pages
Isbn
9781939810465
Lccn
2019033025
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
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System control number
(OCoLC)1085637522
Label
A dream come true : the collected stories of Juan Carlos Onetti, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver
Publication
Bar code
  • 31223131107733
  • 31223131107725
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Welcome, Bob
  • A Long tale
  • Ninth of July : Independence Day
  • Back to the South
  • Esbjery by the Sea
  • House in the Sand /
  • The album
  • The Tale of the Rosenkavalier and the Pregnant Virgin from Liliput
  • Most Dreaded Hell
  • The Face of Disgrace
  • Avenida de Mayo, Diagonal, Avenida de Mayo
  • Jacob and the Other
  • As Sad as She
  • On the Thirty-First
  • The Kidnapped Bride
  • Matias the Telegraph Operator
  • Twins
  • Death and the Girl
  • Dogs will have their Day
  • Presencia
  • Friends
  • Obstacle /
  • Soap
  • The Cat
  • The Marketplace
  • The Piggy
  • Full Moon
  • Tomorrow will be Another Day
  • The Tree
  • Montiagne
  • Ki no Tsurayuki
  • The Shotgun
  • The possible Baldi
  • She
  • The Araucaria
  • At Three in the Morning
  • The Imposter
  • Kisses
  • Her Hand
  • Back and Forth
  • Tu me dai la cosa me, io te do la cosa te
  • Cursed Springtime
  • Beachcomber
  • The tragic end of Alfredo Plumet
  • The Visit
  • Saint Joseph
  • The perfect crime
  • Convalescence
  • A dream come true
  • Masquerade
Dimensions
19 cm
Edition
First Archipelago Books edition.
Extent
x, 547 pages
Isbn
9781939810465
Lccn
2019033025
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
map
System control number
(OCoLC)1085637522

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