A Matter of Self-Esteem and Other Stories - Hardcover

Riera, Carme

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9780841914117: A Matter of Self-Esteem and Other Stories

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ISBN 10: 0841914117 ISBN 13: 9780841914117

Publisher: Holmes & Meier Pub, 2001

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Book by Riera, Carme, Caminals-Heath, Roser, Cashman, Holly

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Carme Riera hailed as a dominant literary force in Spain, has been published in French, German, Portuguese, Dutch, and Greek. The stories in this volume, with all their intricacy, humor, and grace, have been skillfully transported from Castilian and Catalan to English, and brought to our shores with their riches intact. The tales focus on a broad range of characters---predominatly female---from the intellectually sophisticated to the plain and domestic, from young to old. The nature of these women comes alive not only through thorougly convincing psychological representation, but also through the singularity and perfect pitch of their voices.

In the lead story, "A Matter of Self-Esteem," Angela, a writer in her late forties, falls passionately in love with Miguel, who humiliates her by using their brief affair as material for a novel in which she is caricatured---Angela puts into play a revenge that is sheer genius. In "Against Love in Company," Coral Flora, a teenager who is a gifted erotic poet marries a seventy-year-old man who cannot satisfy her sexually---she discovers a quite simple solution. The author weaves her seductive web; the reader can do nothing less than be drawn to it.

About the Author:

CARME RIERA is professor of Spanish literature at Autonomous University of Barcelona. She has authored several award-winning novels and short story collections in both her native language, Catalan, and in Castilian. She has recently been awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi (St. George's Cross), the Catalan equivalent to being knighted.

ROSER CAMINALS-HEATH is a professor of Spanish literature at Hood College in Maryland. A translator and prize-winning novelist, she is the author of LES HERBES SECRETS (The Secret Herbs) and ONCE REMEMBERED, TWICE LIVED (also published in Catalan as UN SEGLE DE PRODIGIS).

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