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Great Spanish Stories
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A riveting selection of short stories in Spanish alongside their English translations. This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories celebrates some of the very best twentieth-century literature from Spain. Each story appears in Spanish alongside an expert...
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A riveting selection of short stories in Spanish alongside their English translations.
This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories celebrates some of the very best twentieth-century literature from Spain. Each story appears in Spanish alongside an expert English translation, providing unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners. Ranging from a poignant tale of betrayal to a darkly humorous exchange between wedding guests, this captivating collection includes works from authors such as Leopoldo Alas (Clarin), Cristina Fernandez Cubas, Medardo Fraile, Carmen Martin Gaite, Karmele Jaio, Carmen Laforet, Javier Marias, Carme Riera, Manuel Rivas, and Esther Tusquets.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241662199
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 11 January 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Translated by Peter Bush
- Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
- Translated by Thomas Bunstead
- Edited by Margaret Jull Costa
- Translated by Kathryn Phillips-Miles
- Translated by Simon Deefholt
- Translated by Kit Maude
- Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
- Translated by Peter Bush
- Translated by Kit Maude
- Translated by Thomas Bunstead
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 159g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Margaret Jull Costa (External Editor, Translator) Margaret Jull Costa has translated the works of many Spanish and Portuguese writers, among them novelists- Javier Marias, Jose Saramago and E a de Queiroz, and poets- Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Mario de Sa-Carneiro, Fernando Pessoa and Ana Luisa Amaral. Her work has brought her numerous prizes, among them, the 2018 Premio Valle-Inclan for On the Edge by Rafael Chirbes. In 2013, she was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and, in 2014, she was awarded an OBE for services to literature.
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