Tinisima

"Long though it is, this English version of TinÂisima, Poniatowska's novel based closely on the life of Italian photographer Tina Modotti (1896-1942), represents a considerable abridgment of the original. Implicitly, however, the textual recreation is the work of Poniatowska herself, who signs the acknowledgments, thanks Katherine Silver (whose translation is excellent), and writes a new dedication for the book"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/A fictionalized account of Tina Modotti's life covers her relationship with photographer Edward Weston, their time in Mexico, her involvement with the Mexican Communist Party, and her eventual flight to the U.S.S.R. while under suspicion for the murder of her lover

Literature & Fiction

PONIATOWSKA, ELENA

Silver, Katherine

Contemporary

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

Intense, despairing accounts of life in Mexico City. Seven stories depict harsh realities of life in urban Mexico and the tragedies of childhood innocence betrayed.

Battles in the Desert & Other Stories

Pacheco, José Emilio

United States

New Directions

Aira's latest concerns a reluctant but powerful doctor who finally decides to use his healing powers to help a hopeless patient. César Aira’s newest novel in English is not about a conventional doctor. Single,in his forties, and poor, Dr. Aira is a skeptic. His personality ― his weaknesses,whims, and pet peeves ― is summed up in a series of digressions and regressions but he has a very special gift for miracles. He no longer cares about miracles,however, and has no faith in them. Perhaps he is even a little ashamed about his supernatural powers. Such is Dr. Aira, who also has to confront his arch-enemy― chief of the Pinero Hospital, Dr. Actyn ― who is constantly trying to prove that Dr. Aira is a charlatan. Poor Dr. Aira is indeed a worker of miracles, but César Aira ― the magesterial author ― sends the very human doctor stumbling toward the biggest trap of all, in this magical book.

The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira

Aira, César

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