Argentine writer juan jose saer has never caught on in english translation, although he certainly should have by now. Scars, if not before, his interest in the poetics of the nouveau roman exceeds. Juan jose saer s scars explores a crime committed by a laborer who shot his wife in the face. I also read the chicago manual of style like a novel, and had the idea of a. Juan jose saer was an argentine writer, considered one of the most important in latin. Each of the stories in scars explores a fragment in time when the lives of these characters are altered, more or less, by a singular event. Juan jose saer 19372005, born in santa fe, argentina, was the leading argentinian writer of the postborges generation. Papi ebook by rita indiana 9780226244921 rakuten kobo. Juan jose saer s scars, first printed in 1969, has been translated into english for the first time. In 1967 juan jose saer published a translation of a short story written by alain. Scars by juan jose saer, translation, steve dolph theres this filthy, evil june light coming through the window, starts scars, a novel or interconnected short stories, however you want to see it by argentinean, juan jose saer, translated from the spanish by steve dolph and published by open letter books. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading scars. Juan jose saer s scars, originally published in 1969, explores, through four interlinked narratives, thirtynine year old laborer luis fiores violent shooting of his wife on may 1st, argentinas labor day. A man writes about his experiences as a much younger man in south america in the 16th century, its only a sghort book and a little.
Translated from the spanish by steve dolph about the author. Scars by juan jose saer, translated by steve dolph bookforum. In this wonderful, gleeful novel from argentinian author saer scars, a floppy disk is unearthed containing the supposed memoir of one dr. Steve dolph is the translator of juan jose saers novels the. The most important argentinian writer since borges. Scars by juan jose saer overdrive rakuten overdrive. His translation of juan jose saer s scars was a finalist for the 2012 best translated book award. The independent juan jose saers scarsexplores a crime committed by luis fiore, a thirtynine year old laborer who shot his wife twice in the face with a. Steve dolph is the founder of calque, a journal of literature in translation. Juan jose saers scars explores a crime committed by a laborer who shot his w. Juan jose saer was the leading argentinian writer of the postborges generation.
Scars by juan jose saer, translation, steve dolph a. Biographical sketch of carlos tomatis in juan jose saers fiction. Set in the backdrop of postperonist argentina, the novel at first appears to be a murder mystery. Originally published in 1969, scars marked a watershed moment in argentinian literature and has since become a modern classic of latin american literature.
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