Excellent reading in either Spanish or English, the eight short stories in this collection by authors including Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Camilo Jose Cela have been chosen for their readability and literary merit. Seven are from "Spanish America", only one from Spain, an unsurprising ratio considering there are no less than nineteen Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas, and that the short story is an extremely popular form among authors there. This selection also, therefore, gives the reader an insight into the differences between the literary cultures. Printed approximately in order of difficulty, the stories are accompanied by parallel English translations and notes on the text.
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A Fine Collection of Spanish Short Stories,
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This review is from: Spanish Short Stories 1 / Cuentos hispánicos 1 (Parallel Text) (v. 1) (Spanish and English Edition) (Paperback)
The stories in this book are by some of the great writers of Spain and South America. This is a well constructed anthology of varied and entertaining stories that provides an insightful glimpse into the particular cultures of several different countries that are too often grouped together because of their common language. The book gives a sound sampling of different regional styles and philisophical approaches to literature. To accuse this book of being anti-semetic is as absurd as suggesting that a Jew buying books is in some way offensive. Furthermore, to suggest that the first story is a justification for the killing of a Jew is to bypass all reasonable bounds of literary criticism and basic common sense in search of something to be offended buy. The only real criticism that can be made of this book is not in the content of the stories or the brilliance of the authors featured, but of the translation which is less literal then some readers might hope; and this too is a debatable.
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Anti Semetic?,
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This review is from: Spanish Short Stories 1 / Cuentos hispánicos 1 (Parallel Text) (v. 1) (Spanish and English Edition) (Paperback)
A truly laughable conclusion. You might as well accuse the book of being biased against accountants, women at work, cavalry officers... etc. etc. add infinitum. Good, rich, readable stories offering a glimpse of the vast expanse of Spanish literature. I liked it so much, I also bought the second book in the series (which I can also recommend, though I enjoyed this one more). A agree somewhat with A. Reader from Connecticut that the translations are not literal, but literal translations result in non-English - English which makes for poor reading. The stories loose very little, if anything, in the translation.
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I bought this particular book a little too premature in my Spanish studies. It is a nice book for those whose levels would be considered intermediate to advanced. It's not intended reading for beginners.
Also, for those who care, the stories are from different regions of Latin America and the differences in slang and diction are profound. For example: words that are common in the story from Argentina differ greatly from the story written by the Cuban writer or Peruvian writer. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but worth mentioning if you are thinking perhaps all the stories are similarly written with the same general Spanish verbiage, this is not the case with this book. It is a compilation of several Spanish speaking countries.
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On the fourteenth of January, 1922, when she returned home from the Tarbuch and Loewenthal textile mills, Emma Zunz discovered in the rear of the entrance hall a letter, posted in Brazil, which informed her that her father had died. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Emma Zunz, Second Clerk, Oficial Segundo, Head Clerk, Oficial Primero, Auxiliar Primero, Buenos Aires, Head Assistant, San Jerónimo, Tanilo Santos, Virgen de Talpa, Virgin of Talpa New!
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