| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 717 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- from The Cousins / Aurora Venturini -- from The Blind Ants / Ramiro Pinilla -- from The Forgotten King Gudú / Ana María Matute -- from The Testimony of Yarfoz / Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio -- from Terra Nostra / Carlos Fuentes -- The Order of the Families ; from The Death of Montaigne ; from Persona Non Grata / Jorge Edwards -- from The Blind Rider / Juan Goytisolo -- from Last Evenings with Teresa / Juan Marsé -- By Night in Bukhara / Sergio Pitol -- The Final Music of the Titanic / José De La Colina -- Summer Orchestra / Esther Tusquets -- from Moving ; Him ; Training the Ivy / Hebe Uhart -- from The Way to Paradise / Mario Vargas Llosa -- from A world for Julius ; Apples / Alfredo Bryce Echenique -- from Far from Somewhere / Edgardo Cozarinsky -- from The Dark Shore Fly ; The Toaster ; The Coffee Cup ; The House with Two Doors / José María Merino -- from The Absent City / Ricardo Piglia -- from The Truth About the Savolta Case / Eduardo Mendoza -- The Journey ; from The Year of Grace ; Angle of Horror / Cristina Fernández Cubas -- The Moment of Impact / Elvio Gandolfo -- from Because She Didn't Ask / Enrique Vila-Matas -- from Crematorium / Rafael Chirbes -- from Mogador: The Names of the Air / Alberto Ruy Sánchez -- from Tomorrow in the Battle Think On Me ; When I Was Mortal ; from The Man of Feeling ; from Dark Back of Time / Javier Marías -- from The Sleeping Mariner / Abilio Estévez -- from The Polish Horseman ; from Sepharad / Antonio Muñoz Molina -- from Senseless / Horacio Castellanos Moya -- Lucia, or, The Pigeons / Evelio Rosero -- Acknowledgements. |
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from The cousins / Aurora Venturini -- from The blind ants / Ramiro Pinilla -- from The forgotten King Gudú / Ana María Matute -- from The testimony of Yarfoz / Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio -- from Terra nostra / Carlos Fuentes -- The order of the families ; from The death of Montaigne ; from Persona non grata / Jorge Edwards -- from The blind rider / Juan Goytisolo -- from Last evenings with Teresa / Juan Marsé -- By night in Bukhara / Sergio Pitol -- The final music of the Titanic / José de la Colina -- Summer orchestra / Esther Tusquets -- from Moving ; Him ; Training the ivy / Hebe Uhart -- from The way to paradise ; from The feast of the goat / Mario Vargas Llosa -- from A world for Julius ; Apples / Alfredo Bryce Echenique -- from Far from somewhere / Edgardo Cozarinsky -- from The dark shore ; Fly ; The toaster ; The coffee cup ; The house with two doors / José María Merino -- from The absent city / Ricardo Piglia -- from The truth about the Savolta case / Eduardo Mendoza -- The journey ; from The year of grace ; Angle of horror / Cristina Fernández Cubas -- The moment of impact / Elvio Gandolfo -- from Because she didn't ask / Enrique Vila-Matas -- from Crematorium / Rafael Chirbes -- from Mogador : the names of the air / Alberto Ruy Sánchez -- from Tomorrow in the battle think on me ; When I was mortal ; from The man of feeling ; from Dark back of time / Javier Marías -- from The sleeping mariner / Abilio Estévez -- from The Polish horseman ; from Sepharad / Antonio Muñoz Molina -- from Senseless / Horacio Castellanos Moya -- Lucia, or, The pigeons / Evelio Rosero. |
| Summary |
A tremendous introduction to twenty-eight of the most influential Spanish-language authors of the twentieth century, A Thousand Forests in One Acorn combines interviews with these authors--about their influences, about what they're trying to accomplish with their writing (the "Acorn")--with each author's "favorite piece ever written" (the "Thousand Forests"). |
| Subject |
Spanish fiction -- 20th century.
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Spanish American fiction -- 20th century.
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Authors, Spanish -- 20th century -- Interviews.
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Authors, Spanish American -- 20th century -- Interviews.
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| Added Author |
Miles, Valerie 1963-
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| Added Title |
Mil Bosques en una bellota. English
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| ISBN |
9781934824917 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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1934824917 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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