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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 ..."

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 ..."

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

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

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 ..."

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 ..."

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 Y La Traduccion / Borges And Translation
La Irreverencia De La Periferia/ The Irreverence of the Periphery (El Otro Lado/Ensayo / The Side/ Essay) (Spanish Edition)
by Sergio Gabriel Waisman, Marcelo Cohen, Fabian Lebenglik, Sergio Waissman
Paperback, 318 Pages, Published 2005 by Adriana Hidalgo Editora S.A.
ISBN-13: 978-987-1156-27-6, ISBN: 987-1156-27-8