Biographical sketch of carlos tomatis in juan jose saers fiction. Scars, if not before, his interest in the poetics of the nouveau roman exceeds. Steve dolph is the founder of calque, a journal of literature in translation. Juan jose saer was the leading argentinian writer of the postborges generation. Scars by juan jose saer, translation, steve dolph theres this filthy, evil june light coming through the window, starts scars, a novel or interconnected short stories, however you want to see it by argentinean, juan jose saer, translated from the spanish by steve dolph and published by open letter books. Scars kindle edition by saer, juan jose, dolph, steve.
Papi ebook by rita indiana 9780226244921 rakuten kobo. 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. Translated from the spanish by steve dolph about the author. Set in the backdrop of postperonist argentina, the novel at first appears to be a murder mystery.
The most important argentinian writer since borges. Scars by juan jose saer, translation, steve dolph a. His translation of juan jose saer s scars was a finalist for the 2012 best translated book award. Originally published in 1969, scars marked a watershed moment in argentinian literature and has since become a modern classic of latin american literature. Juan jose saer 19372005, born in santa fe, argentina, was the leading argentinian writer of the postborges generation. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading scars. Steve dolph is the translator of juan jose saers novels the.
In this wonderful, gleeful novel from argentinian author saer scars, a floppy disk is unearthed containing the supposed memoir of one dr. 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. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Scars by juan jose saer, translated by steve dolph bookforum. Juan jose saer s scars, first printed in 1969, has been translated into english for the first time. 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. Scars by juan jose saer overdrive rakuten overdrive. Juan jose saer s scars, originally published in 1969, explores, through four interlinked narratives, thirtynine year old laborer luis fiores violent shooting of his wife on may 1st, argentinas labor day. Juan jose saer was an argentine writer, considered one of the most important in latin. Argentine writer juan jose saer has never caught on in english translation, although he certainly should have by now.
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