Battles in the Desert and Other Stories
Jose Emilio Pacheco
(Author)
Katherine Silver
(Translator)
Description
Pacheco, Battles in the Desert. Intense, despairing accounts of life in Mexico City.
Product Details
Price
$14.95
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date
May 01, 1987
Pages
128
Dimensions
4.97 X 8.09 X 0.33 inches | 0.35 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780811210201
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About the Author
José Emilio Pacheco (1939-2014) is one of Mexico's foremost poets, novelists, and essayists. A lifelong resident of Mexico City, Pacheco has been a guest lecturer throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain. Some of Pacheco's best known collections of poetry include Miro la tierra (which documented the Mexico City earthquake), El reposo del fuego, Fin de siglo y otros poemas, Arbol entere dos muros/Tree between two walls, and Selected Poems. His No me preguntas cómo pasa el tiempo was awarded Mexico's National Poetry Prize.
Katherine Silver's award-winning translations include works by María Sonia Cristoff, Daniel Sada, César Aira, Julio Cortázar, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Julio Ramón Ribeyro. The author of Echo Under Story, she volunteers as an interpreter for asylum seekers.
