Walking words / Eduardo Galeano ; with woodcuts by José Francisco Borges ; translated by Mark Fried.

Author
Galeano, Eduardo, 1940-2015 [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : W.W. Norton, ©1995.
Description
328 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

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    "Striking collaboration between Galeano's tales rooted in the oral tradition and Brazilian artist José Francisco Borges' woodcuts in the cordel tradition is given a rich third dimension by Fried's imaginative translation of Palabras andantes. Readers will have to look elsewhere for introductory material, but in effect the book introduces and explains itself"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
    Contents
    • Story of the seven prodigies
    • Story of the female avenger and the archangel in the palace of sinners
    • Story of the lizard who had the habit of dining on his wives
    • Story of the fatal encounter between the desert bandit and the repentant poet
    • Story of the Apostle Saint Peter in America
    • Story of the child who saved himself from mother's love and other dangers
    • Story of the mosquito miracle
    • Story of the archangel's return
    • Story of the corn house
    • Story of the parrot's resurrection
    • Story of the shadow
    • Story of the time that was
    • Story of the coachman
    • Story of the shoemaker who fled from his creditors
    • Story of the rowdy warlocks of the southern sea
    • Story of the intruder
    • Story of the man who wanted to be pregnant
    • Story of the overly endowed, his feats, and his astonishing fate
    • Story of the treasure that was discovered and how its curse was fulfilled
    • Story of the redemption of poverty
    • Story of the art of flight
    • Story of Don Death, the sad girl, and the vulture
    • Story of the cowboy who was a jaguar
    • Story of the bird that lost a leg
    • Story of the divine revelation of a dog's life in this world
    • Story of the dolphin that Satan caught without a harpoon or a lure
    • Story of the man who in the high heavens loved a star and was abandoned by her
    • Story of the moon people
    • Story of one day in the cafe
    • Story of the hunter
    • Story of the second visitation of Jesus
    • Story of another day in the cafe
    • Story of the other
    • Story of the wandering girl who traveled into the river and up the night.
    ISBN
    • 0393037827
    • 9780393037821
    LCCN
    95195317
    OCLC
    32644065
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