Marginal Voices: Selected Stories (Texas Pan American Series) - Hardcover

Ribeyro, Julio Ramaon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 029277057X ISBN 13: 9780292770577

Publisher: University of Texas Press, 1993

Synopsis

Julio Ramon Ribeyro has been widely acclaimed Peru's master storyteller. Until now, however, few of his stories have been translated into English. This volume brings together fifteen stories written during the period 1952-1975, which were collected in the three volumes of La palabra del mundo.
Ribeyro's stories treat the social problems brought about by urban expansion, including poverty, racial and sexual discrimination, class struggles, alienation, and violence. At the same time, elements of the fantastic playfully interrupt some of the stories, disrupting the characters' lives and the normal flow of events in time and space. More importantly, Ribeyro's characters are culturally diverse, yet they share a common destiny - a life nourished by illusions that falls short of their expectations and invariably leads to solitude. As the characters become swept up in circumstances beyond their understanding, Ribeyro shows that the only freedom or dignity left them comes from their own imaginations.
These stories represent well the sense of compassion Ribeyro has for his characters. They also reveal the humor, melancholy, and philosophical tone that Ribeyro brings to his fictional world - a world that entertains, teaches, and ultimately touches the reader.

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Review

"A magnificent storyteller, one of the best of Latin America and probably of the Spanish language, unjustly not recognized as such."

About the Author

A native of Lima, Peru, Julio Ramon Ribeyro was the author of eight volumes of short stories, as well as novels, plays, and literary criticism. Translator Dianne Douglas is an associate professor of Spanish at Louisiana Tech University.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 029277057X
• ISBN 13: 9780292770577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 153