Things Look Different in the Light & Other Stories (Pushkin Collection) - Softcover

Medardo Fraile

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908968184 ISBN 13: 9781908968180

Publisher: Pushkin Press, 2014

Synopsis

A beautifully crafted collection of short stories from the Spanish master of the form.

From one of the finest short-story writers in Spanish, this is the first anthology of his work to appear in English. Like Anton Chekhov and Katherine Mansfield, Medardo Fraile is a chronicler of the minor tragedies and triumphs of ordinary life, and each short tale opens up an entire exquisite world.

'Fraile's stories represent a radical challenge, to make us see the world with a fresh eye.' TLS

Medardo Fraile, born in Madrid in 1925, is considered to be one of Spain's finest short-story writers. The collection Cuentos de verdad (on which this anthology is based), won him the 1965 Premio Nacional de la Crítica. While his stories have appeared in translation in other story collections, this is the first complete anthology of his work to appear in English.

Things Look Different in the Light is introduced by Ali Smith and translated by Margaret Jull Costa, the award-winning translator of José Saramago, Fernando Pessoa and Javier Marías.

About this title

About the Authors

Medardo Fraile b.1925 grew up in Madrid, and lived through the siege of the city during the Spanish Civil War. He first achieved literary recognition for his work in experimental theatre, becoming part of a group including Alfonso Sastre and Alfonso Paso, and writing the acclaimed play El Hermano. During the Fifties his focus moved to short-story writing, and he left Franco's Spain to eventually settle in Scotland, as a Professor at the University of Strathclyde. His stories won him many prizes, including the Crítica, Sésamo and Estafeta Literaria prizes as well as the Hucha de Oro.
He died in 2013

Ali Smith is an award-winning novelist and short story writer. Her novels include The Accidental, There but for the and, most recently, How to Be Both, winner of the 2014 Costa Novel Award. She was born in Scotland and now lives in Cambridge.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pushkin Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908968184
• ISBN 13: 9781908968180
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272