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Books by Sergio Waisman
  | | 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 ..." |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | Library of Latin America Dreams and Realities : Selected Fiction of Juana Manuela Gorriti : Selected Fiction of Juana Manuela Gorriti by Juana Manuela Gorriti, Sergio Waisman 306 Pages, Published 2003 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-802778-2, ISBN: 0-19-802778-8 "The Library of Latin America series makes available in translation major nineteenth- century authors whose work has been neglected in the English- speaking world. The titles for the translations from the Spanish and Portuguese were suggested by an editorial committee that included Jean Franco (general editor responsible for works in Spanish), ... 1810 and into the early years of the twentieth century, the new nations of Latin Americ ..." |
 | | Short Cut Through Adventureland v. 1 by Etc. Jack Cassidy, Pete Katz, Richard Owen Lynn, Sergio Waisman Paperback, 170 Pages, Published 1984 by Prentice Hall ISBN-13: 978-0-8359-6990-1, ISBN: 0-8359-6990-8 "Book by Cassidy, Jack, etc." |
 | | Regal Lemon Tree (Paperback) by Juan José Saer Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2020 by Open Letter, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-948830-27-0, ISBN: 1-948830-27-2 "A haunting novel of grief from one of Argentina's greatest modernist writers." |
 | | Target in the Night by Ricardo Piglia, Sergio Gabriel Waisman Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2015 by Deep Vellum Publishing ISBN-13: 978-1-941920-16-9, ISBN: 1-941920-16-0 "One of the BBC's Ten Books to Read (December 2015) "Ricardo Piglia may be the best Latin American writer to have appeared since the heyday of Gabriel Garcia Marquez." -- Kirkus Reviews "Piglia opens a window into a fascinating world, leaving the reader hungry for more." -- Publishers Weekly A passionate political and psychological thriller set in a remote Argentinean Pampas town, Target in the Night is an intense and tragic family histo ..." |
 | | 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 |
 | | 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" |
 | | Library of Latin America Ser. Leopold Lugones - Selected Writings by Leopoldo Lugones, Sergio Waisman, Gwen Kirkpatrick Published 2008 ISBN-13: 978-1-281-34700-8, ISBN: 1-281-34700-0 |
 | | Borges and Translation The Irreverence of the Periphery by Sergio Waisman Published 2004 ISBN-13: 978-0-8387-5857-1, ISBN: 0-8387-5857-6 |
 | | A Shortcut Through Adventureland by Pete Katz, Richard Owen Lynn, Sergio Cassidy Waisman, Jack Cassidy, Sr. Daerick Gross, Katz Cassidy Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 1984 by Datamost ISBN-13: 978-0-88190-317-1, ISBN: 0-88190-317-5 |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | Interior Landscape by Mirta Rosenberg,Yaki Setton ,Sergio Waisman Softcover, Published 2024 by Ugly Duckling Presse ISBN-13: 978-1-946604-17-0, ISBN: 1-946604-17-8 |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | 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 ..." |
 | | 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 |
 | | 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 ..." |
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