Juan José Saer

La Grande

Übersetzer: Dolph, Steve

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Saer's final novel, bringing together many prior themes and characters, and gathering them at a party with lots of wine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Letter
• Seitenzahl: 443
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 141mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 583g
• ISBN-13: 9781934824214
• ISBN-10: 1934824216
• Artikelnr.: 40553829

Autorenporträt

Juan José Saer (19372005), born in Santa Fé, Argentina, was the leading Argentinian writer of the post-Borges generation. In 1968, he moved to Paris and taught literature at the University of Rennes. The author of numerous novels and short-story collections (including Sixty-Five Years of Washington, Scars, The One Before, The Clouds, all being published by Open Letter), Saer was awarded Spain's prestigious Nadal Prize in 1987 for The Event. Steve Dolph is the founding editor of Calque, a journal of literature in translation. His translation of Saer's Scars was a finalist for the 2012 Best Translated Book Award. He lives in Philadelphia where he spends his summers rooting for the Phillies.