First Love & Look for My Obituary: Two Novellas by Elena Garro - Softcover

Garro, Elena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1880684519 ISBN 13: 9781880684511

Publisher: Curbstone Press, 1997

Synopsis

"Excellent translation of Busca mi esquela and Primer amor, two novellas awarded the 1996 Sor Juana Inâes de la Cruz Prize. Provocative, haunting fiction whose author deserves to be studied and read for works other than her Recuerdos del porvenir"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/In "First Love," Barbara and her daughter make friends with some German prisoners of war in France, and in "Look For My Obituary," a doomed romance arises between a young man and a woman facing an arranged marriage

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From the Back Cover:

These two novellas are characterized by clarity of style and dramatic presentation of affairs of the heart. First Love examines the consequences of two tourists befriending German prisoners of war in France, and explores the tension between primal human kindness and social conventions. Look for My Obituary explores a surrealistic, haunting love affair set in a world of arranged marriages.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

About this edition

• Publisher: Curbstone Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1880684519
• ISBN 13: 9781880684511
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 102