Vermeer's Milkmaid: And Other Stories - Softcover

Rivas, Manuel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 009944707X ISBN 13: 9780099447078

Publisher: Vintage, 2003

Synopsis

The theme of non-communication in human relationships in a world saturated with information is the connecting thread in this collection of stories. The mystery of light in Vermeer's famous painting inspires a writer; a travelling lingerie salesman is helped by a rock musician as he waits for his runaway son; an emigrant describes his experiences in Havana to his nephew; a thief, killed while robbing a bank, recounts his love story.

Non-communication in a world saturated with information is the connecting theme in this lively collection of stories by the author of The Carpenter's Pencil. The everyday lives of Rivas's unforgettable characters may be desperate and harsh, filled with pain and solitude, but humour and tenderness always redeem them. Vermeer's Milkmaid includes the three stories that comprise Butterfly's Tongue, upon which Jos- Luis Cuerda's acclaimed film of the same title is based.

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Review:

‘An author who knows how to introduce poetry not just into his sentences but into his way of looking at the world’ -- Le Monde

‘He is an important storyteller because he is sensitive and has an incredible ear, which, in his fiction, is allied to great integrity’ -- John Berger

Book Description:

He is an important storyteller because he is sensitive and has an incredible ear, which, in his fiction, is allied to great integrity - John Berger

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 009944707X
• ISBN 13: 9780099447078
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128