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Juan de la Rosa
Memoirs of the Last Soldier of the Independence Movement (Library of Latin America)
by Nataniel Aguirre, Sergio Gabriel Waisman, Alba Maria P.
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1999 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-511328-0, ISBN: 0-19-511328-4

"Long considered a classic in Bolivia, Juan de la Rosa tells the story of a young boy's coming of age during the violent and tumultuous years of Bolivia's struggle for independence. Indeed, in this remarkable novel, Juan's search for his personal identity functions as an allegory of Bolivia's search for its identity as a nation.Set in the early 1800s, the novel is narrated by one of the last surviving Bolivian rebels, octogenarian Juan d ..."






The Absent City(10th Edition)
by Ricardo Piglia, Sergio Waisman, Sergio Gabriel Waisman
Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2000 by Duke University Press Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-2586-4, ISBN: 0-8223-2586-1

"Widely acclaimed throughout Latin America after its 1992 release in Argentina, "The Absent City" takes the form of a futuristic detective novel. In the end, however, it is a meditation on the nature of totalitarian regimes, on the transition to democracy after the end of such regimes, and on the power of language to create and define reality. Ricardo Piglia combines his trademark avant-garde aesthetics with astute cultural and political ..."






Leaving
by Sergio Gabriel Waisman
Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 2004 by Hurricane
ISBN-13: 978-0-932367-11-2, ISBN: 0-932367-11-9

"Leaving is a literary novel that traces the story of three migrations: a Jewish family's move from Poland to Argentina (between the two World Wars); part of that family's exit from Argentina to the United States (during the political upheavals of the 1970s); and the contemporary travels of the protagonist (the inheritor of all previous migrations) and his American girlfriend (and later fiancée) in the United States. The family memories ..."






Glimmer Train Stories
Number 39
by Gerard Varni, Paul Rawlins, Aaron Cohenk, Charles Baxter, Anne Pancake, Sergio Gabriel Waisman, Siobhan Dowd, Randolph Thomas, Rita Costello, Mark Rader, U. Lu Zaw., Tiffany Drever, Susan Burmeister-Brown, B. Swanson-Davies
Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 2001 by Glimmer Train Pr Inc
ISBN-13: 978-1-880966-38-9, ISBN: 1-880966-38-7

"An anthology of new short fiction by award-winning and emerging authors, this intimate collection celebrates writing and honors the writer. The editors-two sisters from Oregon-choose stories that are beautifully written, readable, and emotionally affecting. Each collection is also visually satisfying with handsome cover art and story illustrations, and unusual author profiles. Excerpts can be found at glimmertrain.com, but please ..."






Juan de la Rosa(1st Edition)
Memoirs of the Last Soldier of the Independence Movement (Library of Latin America)
by Nataniel Aguirre, Sergio Gabriel Waisman
Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 1998 by Oxford University Press, Usa
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-511327-3, ISBN: 0-19-511327-6

"Long considered a classic in Bolivia, Juan de la Rosa tells the story of a young boy's coming of age during the violent and tumultuous years of Bolivia's struggle for independence. Indeed, in this remarkable novel, Juan's search for his personal identity functions as an allegory of Bolivia's search for its identity as a nation. Set in the early 1800s, this remarkable novel is narrated by one of the last surviving Bolivian rebe ..."






Leopold Lugones--Selected Writings(1st Edition)
(Library of Latin America)
by Leopoldo Lugones, Gwen Kirkpatrick, Sergio Gabriel Waisman
Paperback, 152 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-517404-5, ISBN: 0-19-517404-6

"Argentina's best-known writer during his lifetime, Leopoldo Lugones's work spans many literary styles and ideological positions. He was influential as a modernist poet, as a precursor of the avant-garde, and also as the poet of Argentine nature. His short stories (Las Fuerzas Extranas: 1906) were early examples of the fantastic in Latin American fiction and influenced Borges, Quiroga, and others They reflect an interest in the uncanny ..."






Borges And Translation
The Irreverence Of The Periphery (THE BUCKNELL STUDIES IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND THEORY)
by Sergio Gabriel Waisman
Hardcover, 267 Pages, Published 2005 by Bucknell University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8387-5592-1, ISBN: 0-8387-5592-5

"This book studies how Borges constructs a theory of translation that plays a fundamental role in the development of Argentine literature, and which, in turn, expands the potential for writers in Latin America to create new and innovative literatures through processes of re-reading, rewriting, and mis-translation. The book analyzes Borges's texts in both an Argentine and a transnational context, thus incorporating Borges's ideas into con ..."






Dreams and Realities(1st Edition)
Selected Fiction of Juana Manuela Gorriti (Library of Latin America)
by Juana Manuela Gorriti, Francine Masiello, Sergio Waisman, Sergio Gabriel Waisman
Hardcover, 306 Pages, Published 2003 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-511737-0, ISBN: 0-19-511737-9

"One of the most dramatic figures among Latin America's romantic writers and the distinguished woman writer of her century, Juana Manuela Gorriti brings passion and intrigue to the scene of writing. An exile from her native Argentina who sought refuge first in Bolivia and then in Peru, her lifetime of travel and displacement is echoed in her fictions. Her short stories tell of homelessness and nomadic yearnings, taking the reader from th ..."






Dreams and Realities(1st Edition)
Selected Fiction of Juana Manuela Gorriti (Library of Latin America)
by Juana Manuela Gorriti, Francine Masiello, Sergio Waisman, Sergio Gabriel Waisman
Paperback, 306 Pages, Published 2003 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-511738-7, ISBN: 0-19-511738-7

"One of the most dramatic figures among Latin America's romantic writers and the distinguished woman writer of her century, Juana Manuela Gorriti brings passion and intrigue to the scene of writing. An exile from her native Argentina who sought refuge first in Bolivia and then in Peru, her lifetime of travel and displacement is echoed in her fictions. Her short stories tell of homelessness and nomadic yearnings, taking the reader from th ..."






Juan de la Rosa
Memoirs of the Last Soldier of the Independence Movement: Memoirs of the Last Soldier of the Independence Movement
by Nataniel Aguirre, Sergio Gabriel Waisman
368 Pages, Published 1998 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-535445-4, ISBN: 0-19-535445-1

"I don't know, I can't say how I defended myself. ... One time I felt something ticklish under my arm, but only later did I realize that the bayonet of some chapetón had scraped my side. "At the end, I found myself alone in the middle of the Altiplano. The cavalry was offin the distance, heading toward Sicasica, chasing down the chapetones who had fled. "Don Esteban had to orderus one by one to meet with the officers, because we did ..."






The Underdogs(Updated)
A Novel of the Mexican Revolution (Penguin Classics)
by Mariano Azuela, Sergio Waisman, Carlos Fuentes, Sergio Gabriel Waisman
Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2008 by Penguin Classics
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-310527-5, ISBN: 0-14-310527-2

"The greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution, in a brilliant new translation by an award-winning translatorThe Underdogs is the first great novel about the first great revolution of the twentieth century. Demetrio Macias, a poor, illiterate Indian, must join the rebels to save his family. Courageous and charismatic, he earns a generalship in Pancho Villa?s army, only to become discouraged with the cause after it becomes hopelessly facti ..."






Leopold Lugones--Selected Writings
(Library of Latin America)
by Leopoldo Lugones, Sergio Gabriel Waisman, Gwen Kirkpatrick
Hardcover, 152 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-517405-2, ISBN: 0-19-517405-4

"Argentina's best-known writer during his lifetime, Leopoldo Lugones's work spans many literary styles and ideological positions. He was influential as a modernist poet, as a precursor of the avant-garde, and also as the poet of Argentine nature. His short stories (Las Fuerzas Extranas: 1906) were early examples of the fantastic in Latin American fiction and influenced Borges, Quiroga, and others. They reflect an interest in the uncann ..."






An Anthology of Spanish American Modernismo
In English Translation, with Spanish Text (Texts and Translations) (Spanish Edition)
by Kelly Washbourne, Sergio Waisman, Sergio Gabriel Waisman, Modern Language Association
Paperback, 366 Pages, Published 2007 by The Modern Language Association Of America
ISBN-13: 978-0-87352-939-6, ISBN: 0-87352-939-1

"The poetic movement that was Spanish American modernismo ran from the early 1880s to 1916: it expressed the desire both to join universal literature--aesthetic modernity--and to break colonial ties with Spanish belles lettres. The new translations in this bilingual anthology, many of them first translations, present eighteen modernista poets from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Uruguay. This volume in th ..."






Dreams and Realities
Selected Fiction of Juana Manuela Gorriti
by Juana Manuela Gorriti, Sergio Gabriel Waisman, Francine Masiello
Published 2003
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-518428-0, ISBN: 0-19-518428-9






The Absent City-CL
by Ricardo Piglia, Sergio Waisman, Sergio Gabriel Waisman
Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2000 by Duke Univ Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-2557-4, ISBN: 0-8223-2557-8

"Widely acclaimed throughout Latin America after its 1992 release in Argentina, "The Absent City" takes the form of a futuristic detective novel. In the end, however, it is a meditation on the nature of totalitarian regimes, on the transition to democracy after the end of such regimes, and on the power of language to create and define reality. Ricardo Piglia combines his trademark avant-garde aesthetics with astute clinical and political ..."






Library of Latin America Ser.
Juan de la Rosa: Memoirs of the Last Soldier of the Independence Movement
by Nataniel Aguirre, Sergio Gabriel Waisman
Published 1999
ISBN-13: 978-1-280-76136-2, ISBN: 1-280-76136-9






Assumed Name(1st Edition)
(Discoveries (Latin American Literary Review Pr))
by Ricardo Piglia, Roberto Arlt, Sergio Waisman, Sergio Gabriel Waisman
Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1995 by Latin American Literary Review Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-935480-71-9, ISBN: 0-935480-71-4

"stories, Argentina, tr Sergio Gabriel Waisman"






Regal Lemon Tree
(Paperback)
by Juan José Saer
Paperback, Published 2020 by Open Letter, United States
ISBN-13: 978-1-948830-27-0, ISBN: 1-948830-27-2






Dreams and Realities
Selected Fiction of Juana Manuela Gorriti by Juana Manuela Gorriti, Sergio Gabriel Waisman and Francine Masiello
by Juana Manuela Gorriti, Sergio Gabriel Waisman, Francine Masiello
306 Pages, Published 2003 by Oxford University Press, Usa
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-972869-5, ISBN: 0-19-972869-0

"In a style that surely recalls the journeys of exile suffered in life by Juana Manuela Gorriti, Hernán and the luckless Rosa are banished from protection by law. Greed, dating from colonial times, continues to drive their misfortune. This impasse is often resolved as a conflict of tongues. Rosa is swayed by the deceptive language of the colonial elite and so rejects Hernán; in turn, Hernán is persuaded by rumors of an African slave ..."






BARTLEBY
PREFERIRIA NO
by Sergio Gabriel Waisman, Sergio Waissman, Vv. Aa
Paperback, 234 Pages, Published 2011 by Bajo La Luna
ISBN-13: 978-987-9108-78-9, ISBN: 987-9108-78-7

"El afán por conocer las razones y detalles de los sucesivos éxodos de una familia judiá de Europa del Este--a Argentina, a Francia, a Argentina nuevamente y luego a distintos sitios en los Estados Unidos--conduce al narrador de Irse, a ..."



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