Juan jose saer was an argentine writer, considered one of the most important in latin. Each of the stories in scars explores a fragment in time when the lives of these characters are altered, more or less, by a singular event. Juan jose saers scars explores a crime committed by a laborer who shot his w. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading scars. In this wonderful, gleeful novel from argentinian author saer scars, a floppy disk is unearthed containing the supposed memoir of one dr. Juan jose saer s scars explores a crime committed by a laborer who shot his wife in the face. The most important argentinian writer since borges. A man writes about his experiences as a much younger man in south america in the 16th century, its only a sghort book and a little. Scars by juan jose saer, translation, steve dolph a. Steve dolph is the translator of juan jose saers novels the.
Juan jose saer s scars, originally published in 1969, explores, through four interlinked narratives, thirtynine year old laborer luis fiores violent shooting of his wife on may 1st, argentinas labor day. Scars by juan jose saer, translated by steve dolph bookforum. Scars by juan jose saer overdrive rakuten overdrive. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Juan jose saer was the leading argentinian writer of the postborges generation.
Scars, if not before, his interest in the poetics of the nouveau roman exceeds. Papi ebook by rita indiana 9780226244921 rakuten kobo. Biographical sketch of carlos tomatis in juan jose saers fiction. His translation of juan jose saer s scars was a finalist for the 2012 best translated book award. Set in the backdrop of postperonist argentina, the novel at first appears to be a murder mystery. Scars by juan jose saer, translation, steve dolph theres this filthy, evil june light coming through the window, starts scars, a novel or interconnected short stories, however you want to see it by argentinean, juan jose saer, translated from the spanish by steve dolph and published by open letter books. Scars kindle edition by saer, juan jose, dolph, steve. Originally published in 1969, scars marked a watershed moment in argentinian literature and has since become a modern classic of latin american literature. Translated from the spanish by steve dolph about the author. Steve dolph is the founder of calque, a journal of literature in translation. Juan jose saer 19372005, born in santa fe, argentina, was the leading argentinian writer of the postborges generation.
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