The Polish boxer / Eduardo Halfon ; translated by Daniel Hahn, Ollie Brock, Lisa Dillman, Thomas Bunstead, and Anne McLean
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Bellevue Literary Press , 2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 188 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781934137536
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- PQ7499.3.H35 B6913 2012
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Latin American Studies | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. | LAS FIC HAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 063536 |
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LAS FIC GUT Dirty Havana trilogy : a novel in stories | LAS FIC GUT Dirty Havana trilogy | LAS FIC GUT Tropical animal : a novel | LAS FIC HAL The Polish boxer | LAS FIC HAM A hammock beneath the mangoes : stories from Latin America | LAS FIC HAS Affections : a novel | LAS FIC HER The transmigration of bodies |
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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