Doce cuentos peregrinos / Twelve Pilgrim Tales (Spanish Edition)

$12.49

This collection of short stories in Spanish enhances foreign language skills and provides insight into the Latin American émigré experience.

Doce cuentos peregrinos / Twelve Pilgrim Tales (Spanish Edition)
Doce cuentos peregrinos / Twelve Pilgrim Tales (Spanish Edition)
$12.49

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En Barcelona, una prostituta que va entrando en la vejez entrena su perro a llorar ante la tumba que ha escogido para si misma. En Viena, una mujer se vale de su don de ver el futuro para convertirse en la adivina de una familia rica. En Ginebra, el conductor de una ambulancia y su esposa acogen al abandonado y aparentemente moribundo ex presidente de un pais caribeno, solo para descubrir que sus ambiciones politicas siguen intactas. En estos doce relatos magistrales acerca de las vidas de latinoamericanos en Europa, Garcia Marquez logra transmitir la amalgama de melancolia, tenacidad, pena y ambicion que forma la experiencia del emigrante. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION In Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for herself. In Vienna, a woman parlays her gift for seeing the future into a fortunetelling position with a wealthy family. In Geneva, an ambulance driver and his wife take in the lonely, apparently dying ex-President of a Caribbean country, only to discover that his political ambition is very much intact. In these twelve masterly stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, Garcia Marquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the emigre experience.

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Weight 0.204 lbs
Dimensions 13.1 × 1.1 × 20.3 in

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