The Polish boxer
Halfon, Eduardo , 1971-
The Polish boxer / Eduardo Halfon ; translated by Daniel Hahn, Ollie Brock, Lisa Dillman, Thomas Bunstead, and Anne McLean - 1st ed. - New York : Bellevue Literary Press , 2012 - 188 p. ; 20 cm.
Covers a vast landscape of human experience while enfolding a search for origins: a grandson tries to make sense of his Polish grandfather's past and the story behind his numbered tattoo; a Serbian classical pianist longs for his forbidden heritage; a Mayan poet is torn between his studies and filial obligations; a striking young Israeli woman seeks answers in Central America; a university professor yearns for knowledge that he can't find in books and discovers something unexpected at a Mark Twain conference. Drawn to what lies beyond the range of reason, they all reach for the beautiful and fleeting, whether through humor, music, poetry, or unspoken words. Across his encounters with each of them, the narrator -- a Guatemalan literature professor and writer named Eduardo Halfon -- pursues his most enigmatic subject: himself.
Translated from the Spanish to English.
9781934137536
College teachers----Fiction
Self-realization----Fiction
Family secrets----Fiction
PQ7499.3.H35 / B6913 2012
LAS FIC HAL
The Polish boxer / Eduardo Halfon ; translated by Daniel Hahn, Ollie Brock, Lisa Dillman, Thomas Bunstead, and Anne McLean - 1st ed. - New York : Bellevue Literary Press , 2012 - 188 p. ; 20 cm.
Covers a vast landscape of human experience while enfolding a search for origins: a grandson tries to make sense of his Polish grandfather's past and the story behind his numbered tattoo; a Serbian classical pianist longs for his forbidden heritage; a Mayan poet is torn between his studies and filial obligations; a striking young Israeli woman seeks answers in Central America; a university professor yearns for knowledge that he can't find in books and discovers something unexpected at a Mark Twain conference. Drawn to what lies beyond the range of reason, they all reach for the beautiful and fleeting, whether through humor, music, poetry, or unspoken words. Across his encounters with each of them, the narrator -- a Guatemalan literature professor and writer named Eduardo Halfon -- pursues his most enigmatic subject: himself.
Translated from the Spanish to English.
9781934137536
College teachers----Fiction
Self-realization----Fiction
Family secrets----Fiction
PQ7499.3.H35 / B6913 2012
LAS FIC HAL
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