| Postman (Il Postino) Contributor(s): Skármeta, Antonio (Author), Silver, Katherine (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0393330397 ISBN-13: 9780393330397 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: "A jewel of a story."--"The New Yorker" The unforgettable inspiration for the Academy Award-winning "Il Postino," this classic novel established Antonio Skarmeta's reputation as "one of the most representative authors of the post-boom generation in contemporary Latin American letters"("Christian Science Monitor"). Boisterously funny and passionate, "The Postman" tells of young love ignited by the poetry of Pablo Neruda. Set in the colorful, ebullient years preceding the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, the book has been translated into nearly twenty-five languages around the world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007024271 |
| Lexile Measure: 1310 |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.52" W x 8.22" (0.25 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The unforgettable inspiration for the Academy Award-winning Il Postino, this classic novel established Antonio Skármeta's reputation as "one of the most representative authors of the post-boom generation in contemporary Latin American letters" (Christian Science Monitor). Boisterously funny and passionate, The Postman tells of young love ignited by the poetry of Pablo Neruda. Set in the colorful, ebullient years preceding the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, the book has been translated into nearly twenty-five languages around the world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Skarmeta, Antonio: - Antonio Skármeta achieved worldwide renown with The Postman (Il Postino). His fiction has since received dozens of awards and has been translated into nearly thirty languages worldwide. He lives in Santiago, Chile.Silver, Katherine: - KATHERINE SILVER is an award-winning liter- ary translator and the codirector of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre (BILTC). Her translations include works by Ce´sar Aira, Horacio Castellanos Moya, Jose´ Emilio Pacheco, Elena Poniatowska, Jorge Franco, and Marti´n Ada´n, among others. |