Brianda Domecq

When I Was a Horse

And Other Stories
Übersetzer: Garcia, Kayla

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the human condition from a viewpoint. A pet canary is caught between the author's nesting instinct and her desire for solitude. A jaguar is guardian spirit to a middle-aged woman. And in this title story, a young girl is transformed during recess into a wild stallion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Texas Christian University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 153mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780875653259
• ISBN-10: 0875653251
• Artikelnr.: 21379087

Autorenporträt

Brianda Domecq, regarded as one of Mexico's leading writers, was born in the United States but has lived most of her life in Mexico. In 1978 she was kidnapped and held hostage, an experience she fictionalizes in her novel, Eleven Days. Her second novel, The Astonishing Story of the Saint of Cabora , is the story of faith healer Teresa de Urrea. Domecq has also published short stories, an autobiography, and a collection of essays on Latin American women writers. She currently lives in Spain. Kay (Kayla) S. Garcia is Associate Professor of Spanish at Oregon State University, the author of Broken Bars: New Perspectives from Mexican Women Writers, and the translator of Eleven Days and The Astonishing Story of the Saint of Cabora, two novels by Brianda Domecq. She lived in Mexico for seven years and in Spain for two years.