Markdown
$6.99
Land of Smoke (Pushkin Press Classics)
Format
Paperback $6.99List price: $16.95 List Price This is the manufacturer's recommended retail price. Please note older versions of books may not reflect the most current list price due to price adjustments made on newer printings. We strive to keep the website's list price updated to match the current MSRP, based on information from publishers.
About
Dazzling, hallucinatory short stories by a rediscovered Argentinian contemporary of García Márquez, whose groundbreaking novel January is being published in English for the first time
Resplendent with otherworldly imagery and beguiling prose, Land of Smoke presents a uniquely compelling voice in Latin American literature.
Dazzling and hallucinatory, the stories collected here recall the masters of magical realism – but with Gallardo’s distinctive, idiosyncratic slant.
Resplendent with otherworldly imagery and beguiling prose, Land of Smoke presents a uniquely compelling voice in Latin American literature.
- An old man wakes up one morning to find that his beloved garden, the envy of all his neighbours, is floating away with him on board.
- A young woman moves to Buenos Aires, bringing with her a replacement head.
- A meek German missionary leaves Paraguay for the Pampas, completely unprepared for what he will encounter there.
Dazzling and hallucinatory, the stories collected here recall the masters of magical realism – but with Gallardo’s distinctive, idiosyncratic slant.
- ISBN:
- 9781805330905
- Publication Date:
- 2023-09-12
- Publisher:
- Pushkin Press
- Language:
- English
- Page Count:
- 283
- Size:
- 7.75" l x 5.09" w x 0.95" h
Info
- Fiction
Category
- Literary
- Classics
Subject