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CinderellaOCOs sisters surgically modify their feet to win the princeOCOs love. A werewolf gathers up enough courage to visit a dentist. A medium trying to reach the afterworld gets a recorded message. A fox and a badger compete to out-fool each other. Whether writing of insomnia from a mosquitoOCOs point of view or showing us what happens after the princess kisses the frog, Ana Mar a Shua, in these fleet and incandescent stories, is nothing if not pithyOCoexcept, of course, wildly entertaining. Some as short as a sentence, these microfictions have been selected and translated from four different books. Flashes of insight, cracks of wit, twists of logic, and quirks of language: these are fictions in the distinguished Argentinean tradition of Borges and Cortizar and Denevi, as powerful as they are brief."

About the Author :
Ana Maria Shua has published more than forty books in many genres, including poetry, children's fiction, novels, and books on Jewish folklore, and her work has been translated into many languages. She lives in Buenos Aires. Steven J. Stewart is an associate professor in the English Department at Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg. He was awarded a 2005 Literature Fellowship for Translation by the National Endowment for the Arts. His translation of "Devoured by the Moon: Selected Poems of Rafael Perez Estrada" was a finalist for the PEN USA Translation Award.

Review :
"Treat the various stories like abstract art, rather than typical works of English. They are most enjoyable after rolling around in one's mind for a time. They are exquisite to ponder. They have subtle meanings and messages that can be searched for."--Clinton Borror, "Big Muddy"--Clinton Borror "Big Muddy " "This book is a fascinating opportunity to read something light, quick, and enjoyable. It is a fun escape into a world that urges you to reflect upon the multi-faceted joys and wonders of everyday life."--Jacqueline Strege, "Straylight"--Jacqueline Strege "Straylight " "Argentinean Ana Maria Shua is one of the best creators of the microstory genre. An ingenious and absurd world in which pulsates the best literature."--"El Pais" (Madrid)--El Pais (10/01/2008) "The microfictions of Ana Maria Shua unfurl an absurd and ingenious world like that of Lewis Carroll. . . . What great literature breathes in these pages!"--"A B C" (Madrid)--ABC (10/01/2008) "This is a very enjoyable collection, and the best pieces impress mightily; certainly one is left hungry for more of these morsels. Well worthwhile."--M. A./i>--M. A. Orthofer "Complete Review " Argentinean Ana Mara Shua is one of the best creators of the microstory genre. An ingenious and absurd world in which pulsates the best literature.El Pas (Madrid) -- El Pais (10/01/2008) For their mental sharpness, imaginative insightfulness, and critical irony, the microfictions of Ana Mara Shua place her on the front line of the new Latin American fiction.Jos Miguel Oviedo -- Jose Miguel Oviedo (10/01/2008) Shuas microfictions are paradigms of wicked humor. The author shows herself capable repeatedly of zeroing in on a detailperverse, quirky, often appallingof the unstable reality of human experience and revealing it to be the essence of ordinary daily existence.David William Foster, Regents Professor of Spanish and Women & Gender Studies at Arizona State University, and editor of Chasqui: Revista de literatura latinoamericana -- David William Foster (10/01/2008) The microfictions of Ana Mara Shua unfurl an absurd and ingenious world like that of Lewis Carroll. . . . What great literature breathes in these pages!A B C (Madrid) -- ABC (10/01/2008) ?Argentinean Ana Mara Shua is one of the best creators of the microstory genre. An ingenious and absurd world in which pulsates the best literature. El Pas (Madrid) -- El Pais (10/01/2008) ?For their mental sharpness, imaginative insightfulness, and critical irony, the microfictions of Ana Mara Shua place her on the front line of the new Latin American fiction. Jos Miguel Oviedo -- Jose Miguel Oviedo (10/01/2008) ?Shua's microfictions are paradigms of wicked humor. The author shows herself capable repeatedly of zeroing in on a detail?perverse, quirky, often appalling?of the unstable reality of human experience and revealing it to be the essence of ordinary daily existence. David William Foster, Regents? Professor of Spanish and Women & Gender Studies at Arizona State University, and editor of Chasqui: Revista de literatura latinoamericana -- David William Foster (10/01/2008) ?The microfictions of Ana Mara Shua unfurl an absurd and ingenious world like that of Lewis Carroll. . . . What great literature breathes in these pages! A B C (Madrid) -- ABC (10/01/2008) "The microfictions of Ana Mara Shua unfurl an absurd and ingenious world like that of Lewis Carroll. . . . What great literature breathes in these pages!"-A B C (Madrid) -- ABC (10/01/2008) "Argentinean poet Shua is a master of the bon mot. Each of these concise, lyrical pieces-somewhere between aphorism, anecdote and poem, and rarely longer than a paragraph-contains a fluid, perplexing, and (often) highly amusing thought. . . . These dreamlike landscapes will delight and charm readers new to Shua's work."-Publishers Weekly "Shua's microfictions are paradigms of wicked humor. The author shows herself capable repeatedly of zeroing in on a detail-perverse, quirky, often appalling-of the unstable reality of human experience and revealing it to be the essence of ordinary daily existence."-David William Foster, Regents' Professor of Spanish and Women & Gender Studies at Arizona State University, and editor of Chasqui: Revista de literatura latinoamericana "Argentinean Ana Mara Shua is one of the best creators of the microstory genre. An ingenious and absurd world in which pulsates the best literature."-El Pas (Madrid) -- El Pais (10/01/2008) "For their mental sharpness, imaginative insightfulness, and critical irony, the microfictions of Ana Mara Shua place her on the front line of the new Latin American fiction."-Jos Miguel Oviedo -- Jose Miguel Oviedo (10/01/2008)


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  • ISBN-13: 9780803220911
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 080322091X
  • Publisher Date: 14 May 2014
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 210


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