Items related to Two Crocodiles (New Directions Pearls)

Two Crocodiles (New Directions Pearls) - Softcover

Dostoevsky, Fyodor; Hernandez, Felisberto

  • 3.77 out of 5 stars
    230 ratings by Goodreads
 
9780811220989: Two Crocodiles (New Directions Pearls)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0811220982 ISBN 13: 9780811220989
Publisher: New Directions, 2013

Synopsis

Bound together in mystical crocodile skin, two unforgettably singular novellas

Two Crocodiles highlights two literary masters from opposite ends of the world ― Russia’s Fyodor Dostoevsky and Uruguay’s Felisberto Hernández. Dostoevsky’s crocodile, cruelly displayed in a traveling sideshow, gobbles whole a pretentious high-ranking civil servant. But the functionary survives unscathed and seizes his new unique platform to expound to the fascinated public. Dostoevsky’s Crocodile is a matchless, hilarious satire.

Hernández’s Crocodile, on the other hand, while also terribly funny, is a heartbreaker. A pianist struggling to make ends meet as a salesman finds success when he begins to weep before clients and audience alike, but then he can’t stop the crocodile tears. 

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Authors

Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and many other novels.

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1902, Felisberto Hernández was a talented pianist, playing in the silent-screen movie theaters when he was twelve years old. He later toured the small concert halls of Uruguay and Argentina. He married four times,published seven books, and died, impoverished, in 1964.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
New Directions
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0811220982
ISBN 13 
9780811220989
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
96
Rating
  • 3.77 out of 5 stars
    230 ratings by Goodreads