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The Polish boxer / Eduardo Halfon ; translated by Daniel Hahn, Ollie Brock, Lisa Dillman, Thomas Bunstead, and Anne McLean

By:

Halfon, Eduardo, , 1971-

Contributor(s):

Hahn, Daniel

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Bellevue Literary Press , 2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 188 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9781934137536

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS FIC HAL

LOC classification:

PQ7499.3.H35 B6913 2012

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS FIC HAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		063536

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.

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