Five of his novels are available from open letter books. Winner of the john dos passos prize for literature stunning. Scars by juan jose saer overdrive rakuten overdrive. The most important argentinian writer since borges. Open letter ebooks et prix des produits open letter fnac. Juan jose saer serondino, santa fe, argentina, 1937 paris, 2005. This virtuosic novelinstories from the late argentinean writer juan jose saer, first published in 1969, investigates a violent crime from four perspectives. Juan jose saers scars explores a crime committed by a laborer who shot his w. He is considered the most important writer of argentina after jorge luis borges according to martin kohan and the best argentine writer of. Saer s novels partake of european and american literary traditionshe lived. Originally published in 1969, scars marked a watershed moment in argentinian literature and has since become a modern classic of latin american literature.
Read house built on ashes a memoir by jose antonio rodriguez available from rakuten kobo. Open letter books has released a new english translation from steve dolph. Jun 17, 2014 the author of numerous novels and shortstory collections including the sixtyfive years of washington, scars, the one before, and the clouds, all published by or forthcoming from open letter, saer was awarded spains prestigious nadal prize in 1987 for the event. Juan jose saer s scars, first printed in 1969, has been translated into english for the first time. Juan jose saer was the leading argentinian writer of the postborges generation. Muy buen libro, algunos lo consideran muy descriptivo saer schreef ook gedichten en enkele scenarios voor korte films. Four spokes radiate outwards from the novels murderous hub, each one.
Scars by juan jose saer, translated by steve dolph bookforum. Although disciplined by knowledge and routine, saer reduces them to mundane, mechanized. Cicatrices juan jose saer pub libros, epub, mobi, pdf. The sixtyfive years of washington epub steve dolph, juan. Jun 11, 2005 juan jose saer was one of the most important argentine novelists of the last fifty years. Now, seven years after his death, it is a commonplace to tout juan jose saer as one of the twentieth centurys greatest argentine writers.
Scars by saer, juan jose and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Steve dolph is the founder of calque, a journal of literature in translation. The year is 2009, and jose antonio rodriguez, a doctoral student at binghamton university in upstate new york, is packin. The independent juan jose saers scarsexplores a crime committed by luis fiore, a thirtynine year old laborer who shot his wife twice in the face with a.
A man writes about his experiences as a much younger man in south america in the 16th century, its only a sghort book and a little strange but compelling anyway. Scars kindle edition by saer, juan jose, dolph, steve. How saer names his parts is unusual he uses it to compress the timeline. Translated from the spanish by steve dolph about the author. Roanne kantor is a doctoral student in comparative literature at the university of texas at austin. Cicatices, character development and the voice of the characters was strong and memorable, which overrides that factor. Descargar epub gratis del autor william saroyan espaebook. Le libros descargar libros en pdf, epub y mobi leer. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading scars. Since 1994, five of his twelve novels have been translated, with his lauded the witness coming to us via margaret jull costa, the worldclass translator of jose saramago and javier marias.
Im officially underway in my effort to read most probably not all of this years best translated book award longlist its a very long list, at 25 titles the complete list here. Vivio, tambien, en cihuela soria, melilla, santander, madrid, tenerife y mijas. Papi ebook by rita indiana 9780226244921 rakuten kobo. The author of numerous novels and shortstory collections including the sixtyfive years of washington, scars, the one before, and the clouds, all published by or forthcoming from open letter, saer was awarded spains prestigious nadal prize in 1987 for the event. Steve dolph is the founder ofcalque, a journal of literature in translation. Scars ebook by juan jose saer 9781934824986 rakuten kobo. Praise for juan josa saer a cerebral explorer of the problems of narrative in the wake of joyce and woolf, of borges, of rulfo and arlt, saer is also a stunning poet of place. An inland expedition ends in disaster when the group is attacked by indians. The author of numerous novels and shortstory collections includingscars andla grande, saer was awarded spains prestigious nadal prize in 1987 forthe event. Juan jose saer must be added to the list of the best south american. Read the clouds by juan jose saer online free full book. The witness explores the relationship between existence and description, foreignness and cultural identity. Luis fiore just shot his wife in the face after a day of hunting with his family.
His translation of juan jose saer s scars was a finalist for the 2012 best translated book award. Biographical sketch of carlos tomatis in juan jose saers fiction. The independent juan jose saers scars explores a crime committed by luis fiore, a thirtynine year old laborer who shot his wife twice in the face with a shotgun. Born to syrian immigrants in serodino, a small town in the santa fe province, he studied law and philosophy at the national university of the littoral, where he taught history of cinematography. Each of the stories in scars explores a fragment in time when the lives of these characters are altered, more or less, by a singular event. Thanks to a scholarship, he moved to paris in 1968. Argentine writer juan jose saer has never caught on in english translation, although he certainly should have by now. N j furl the tragedy of a mans trip duck hunting with his wife and too much gin is told from four perspectives. Descargar epub gratis del autor john le carre espaebook. Juan jose saer 19372005, born in santa fe, argentina, was the leading argentinian writer of the postborges generation. Theres this filthy, evil june light coming through the window, starts scars, a novel or.