Firefly by Severo Sarduy

Firefly by Severo Sarduy

Available for the first time in English, Firefly is Sarduy's most autobiographical work. The story follows the coming-of-age of a precocious and exuberant boy with an oversized head and underdeveloped sense of direction, who views the world as a threatening conspiracy. Told in breathless and lyrical prose, the novel is a loving rendition of a long-lost home, a meditation on exile and an allegory of Cuba's isolation in the world. Firefly responds to the questions of the 'Boom' generation, pushing the conventions of authors like Vargas Llosa or Garcia Marquez.

Severo Sarduy (1937-1993), Cuban poet, fiction writer, playwright, and literary critic, is considered one of the best prose artists of the twentieth century. In 1972, he was awarded the Prix Mü¾Ž–”¼dicis for Cobra, one of his six highly acclaimed novels. Sarduy also painted, hosted a radio program, and, as an editor at Editions du Seuil, introduced contemporary Latin American fiction to European readers. Sarduy was a leading intellectual in the early years of the Cuban Revolution.

Mark Fried is the translator of Eduardo Galeano's Children of the Days, Mirrors, Voices of Time, Upside Down, Soccer in Sun and Shadow, Walking Words, and We Say No. He is also the translator of the historical collection Echoes of the Mexican-American War and works by Emilia Ferreiro, Josü¾Ž–”¼ Ignacio Lü¾Œ¶˜¼pez Vigil, Oscar Ugarteche and Rafael Barajas Durü¾Œ–”¼n.

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ISBN 13	9781935744641
ISBN 10	193574464X
Title	Firefly
Author	Severo Sarduy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Archipelago Books
Year published	2013-03-05
Number of pages	240
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