Synopsis Twelve stories by a Mexican writer, set in locations all over the world.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2004-05-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 144 pages | | Height: | 7.8 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 8.8 oz |
Publisher's Note A collection of compelling short stories takes readers from the searing heat of the Gobi desert to the peak of Mount Everest, including tales of monk who imagines the devil into existence and an English colonel who vows to make the trains more efficient in Zambezi.
Industry Reviews "[A] dozen trinkets about far-flung places, exotic times, weird people, weird things." Kirkus (02/15/2004)
"[A] fine new collection....In this silky translation by Alastair Reid, Padilla...traverses his own edge, on the ramparts of the absurd where the old rules don't always apply." New York Times Book Review - James Polk (05/30/2004)
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