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The Names Of the Things That Were there:Stories
[Paperback - 2023]
antonio skármeta
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Category: Fiction
Sub-category: Short Stories
Additional Category: Literary Fiction - Ethnic Fiction
Publisher: Other Press | ISBN: 9781635420760 | Pages: 352
Shipping Weight: .352 | Dimensions: 5.24 x .89 x 7.97 inches

Description

A collection of the best short stories by the author of the unforgettable novel The Postman.

Each of the stories in this book is an extraordinary piece of literature. Love, youth, desire, and freedom, coupled with versatile prose, sensitivity, and a subtle irony that sometimes morphs into dark humor, confirm Antonio Skármeta’s position as one of the greatest storytellers in contemporary literature.

Juan Villoro has selected and written a prologue for this collection, originally published in five books that influenced an entire generation of writers and brought about a renewal of Latin American prose.

About the Author

Antonio Skármeta nació en Antofagasta, Chile, en 1940. Estudió Filosofía en la Universidad de Chile y Literatura en la Universidad de Columbia, Nueva York. Enseñó en varias universidades chilenas y norteamericanas. Ha traducido clásicos norteamericanos, escrito y dirigido teatro y cine. Vivió quince años en Alemania, donde enseñó guion en la Academia para Cine y Televisión de Berlín. 

De su obra narrativa, traducida a más de treinta idiomas, cabe destacar los libros de cuentos El entusiasmo, Desnudo en el tejado, Tiro libre, El ciclista del San Cristóbal y Libertad de movimiento, así como las novelas Soñé que la nieve ardía, Ardiente paciencia (El cartero de Neruda), La velocidad del amor, La boda del poeta, La chica del trombón, El baile de la victoria, Un padre de película y Los días del arcoíris. Varias de sus obras se han llevado al cine, como El cartero de Neruda, también transformada en una ópera. Su trabajo literario ha sido reconocido con el Premio Nacional de Literatura, el Médicis de Francia, la Medalla Goethe de Alemania y los premios Grinzane Cavour, Elsa Morante y Ennio Flaiano de Italia, además de la Orden Marko Marulic de Croacia. También ha sido embajador de Chile en Alemania, ha escrito letras para música de varios compositores y ha sido creador y conductor de programas literarios.

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