| The Woman of Porto Pim Contributor(s): Tabucchi, Antonio (Author), Parks, Tim (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1935744747 ISBN-13: 9781935744740 Publisher: Archipelago Books OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: 853.914 |
| LCCN: 2012025599 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 6.1" (0.30 lbs) 120 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By Antonio Tabucchi, one of the most renowned voices in European literature and the foremost Italian writer of his generation, The Woman of Porto Pim is made up of enchanting, hallucinatory fragments that take place on the Azores Islands off the coast of Portugal. Told by a visiting Italian writer unearthing legends, relics and histories of the inhabitants, the tales shed light on a local restaurant proprietress's impossible love with an Azorean fisherman during WWII, a dazzling whaling expedition of eras past, shipwrecks both metaphorical and real, and a playful look at humankind from the perspective of a whale. |