Product details
ISBN
9780195159097
Published
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Weight
390 gr
Height
214 mm
Width
141 mm
Thickness
19 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
320
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Biographical note
Christopher Conway is Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature in the Department of Hispanic Studies at Brown University. Helen Lane, an award-winning translator, has translated the work of Mario Varga Llosa and Octavio Paz. She is the translator of Fray Servando's Memoirs and Marmol's Amalia also for the Library of Latin America series.
In his lifetime, the Peruvian Ricardo Palma (1838-1919) was one of the most popular and imitated writers in Latin America. As head of the National Library in Lima, Palma had access to a rich source of historical journals and records. His historical miscellanies, which he called "traditions," are witty anecdotes about conquerors, viceroys, corrupt and lovelorn friars, tragic loves and notorious characters.
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In his lifetime, the Peruvian Ricardo Palma (1838-1919) was one of the most popular and imitated writers in Latin America. His historical miscellanies, which he called "traditions," are witty anecdotes about conquerors, viceroys, corrupt and lovelorn friars, tragic loves and notorious characters.
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Christopher Conway is Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature in the Department of Hispanic Studies at Brown University. Helen Lane, an award-winning translator, has translated the work of Mario Varga Llosa and Octavio Paz. She is the translator of Fray Servando's Memoirs and Marmol's Amalia also for the Library of Latin America series.
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Product details
ISBN
9780195159097
Published
2004
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Weight
390 gr
Height
214 mm
Width
141 mm
Thickness
19 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
320
Author
Edited by
Translated by