New World / New Words (Two Lines World Library) - Softcover
This fully bilingual (Spanish/English) anthology of Latin American literature showcases the region's enormous vitality and variety of writing. New World/New Words includes selections by widely celebrated writers such as Gabriel Garca M¡rquez, Julio Cort¡zar, and Senel Paz, as well as work by emerging authors just beginning to make their mark in the English-speaking world. The collection features many of today's leading translators, several of whom are also distinguished poets and writiers. New World/New Words makes the literature of Latin America available to those who want to sample its scope and depth, and includes works published for the first time in English. With original introductions by the translators that focus on voice, tone, rhythm, context, and the role of the translator, New World / New Words offers a unique window on the translator's art while presenting an exciting cross-section of the latest Latin American writing. This book is the initial volume in a new series, Two Lines World Library, which will spotlight literature of different regions around the globe.
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This fully bilingual (Spanish/English) anthology of Latin American literature showcases the region's enormous vitality and variety of writing with selections by widely celebrated writers and emerging authors. It makes the literature of Latin American available to those who want to sample its scope and depth.
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Thomas Christensen's translations include works by Alejo Carpentier, Louis-Ferdinand C©line, Julio Cort¡zar, Laura Esquivel,a nd Carlos Fuentes. Formerly the director of Mercury House and a seinor editor at North Point Press, he is now director of publications at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.
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- PublisherTwo Lines Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1931883130
- ISBN 13 9781931883139
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages265
- EditorThomas Christensen
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Two Lines World Library, San Francisco
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ISBN 10: 1931883130
ISBN 13: 9781931883139
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Printing. Book is in fine, like new condition. "Recent Writing from the Americas, A Bilingual Anthology". Literature from Mexico, Central and South America is formatted with the original Spanish on one page and the English translation on the facing page. Foreward by Gregory Rabassa. From the Center for the Art of Translation. 263 pp. Seller Inventory # 002976
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