The Cubs and Other Stories by Mario Vargas Llosa
The Cubs and Other Stories is Mario Vargas Llosa's only volume of short fiction available in English. Vargas Llosa's domain is the Peru of male youth and machismo, where life's dramas play themselves out on the soccer field, on the dance floor and on street corners. The title work, The Cubs, tells the story of the carefree boyhood of PP Cuellar and his friends, and of PP's bizarre accident and tragic coming of age. In a candid and perceptive foreword to this collection of early writing, Vargas Llosa provides background to the volume and a unique glimpse into the mind of the artist.
Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Peru in 1936. He is the author of some of the last half-century's most important novels, including The War of the End of the World, The Feast of the Goat, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter and Conversation in the Cathedral. In 2010 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Gregory Kolovakos, was a translator of Latin American literature and director of the literature program of the New York State Council on the Arts. Kolovakos translated works by Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, Jose Donoso and Mario Vargas Llosa. He lectured on translating at several colleges. He was a founder of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Ronald Christ has translated poetry (Jorge Luis Borges, Ernesto Cardenal), short stories (Mario Vargas Llosa, The Cubs, with Gregory Kolovakos), drama (Jorge Carrero, Pippo Subway Can't Laugh; Manuel Puig, Under a Mantle of Stars), film criticism (Edgardo Cozarinsky, Borges and the Cinema, with Gloria Waldman), art and architecture criticism (Guido Castillo, Augusto Torres; Josep Maria Jujol, The Architecture of Jujol), novels (Mario Vargas Llosa, Capt. Pantoja and the Special Service, with Gregory Kolovakos; Diamela Eltit, E. Luminata, Custody of the Eyes). He won the Kayden National Translation Award for Diamela Eltit's E. Luminata, ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award for Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, El Zarco, The Bandit with the Blue Eyes), and the PEN Southwest Special Translation Award for Diamela Eltit, Infarct of the Soul. Gregory Kolovakos, was a translator of Latin American literature and director of the literature program of the New York State Council on the Arts. Kolovakos translated works by Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, Jose Donoso and Mario Vargas Llosa. He lectured on translating at several colleges. He was a founder of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Ronald Christ has translated poetry (Jorge Luis Borges, Ernesto Cardenal), short stories (Mario Vargas Llosa, The Cubs, with Gregory Kolovakos), drama (Jorge Carrero, Pippo Subway Can't Laugh; Manuel Puig, Under a Mantle of Stars), film criticism (Edgardo Cozarinsky, Borges and the Cinema, with Gloria Waldman), art and architecture criticism (Guido Castillo, Augusto Torres; Josep Maria Jujol, The Architecture of Jujol), novels (Mario Vargas Llosa, Capt. Pantoja and the Special Service, with Gregory Kolovakos; Diamela Eltit, E. Luminata, Custody of the Eyes). He won the Kayden National Translation Award for Diamela Eltit's E. Luminata, ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award for Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, El Zarco, The Bandit with the Blue Eyes), and the PEN Southwest Special Translation Award for Diamela Eltit, Infarct of the Soul.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780571162123 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571162126 |
| Title | The Cubs and Other Stories |
| Author | Mario Vargas Llosa |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 1999-08-23 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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