Two Crocodiles (New Directions Pearls) - Softcover

Dostoevsky, Fyodor; Hernandez, Felisberto

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. 

About this title

About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0811220982
• ISBN 13: 9780811220989
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 96