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The Word of the Speechless|Julio Ramon Ribeyro

The Word of the Speechless : Selected Stories

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Available in English for the first time, a collection of deeply humane stories depicting marginalized populations by one of the greatest South American writers of the 20th century. The Peruvian writer Julio Ram n Ribeyro is one of the masters of the short story and a major contributor to the great flourishing of Latin American literature that followed the Second World War. In a letter to an editor, Ribeyro said about his stories, "in most of them] those who are deprived of words in life find expression--the marginalized, the forgotten, those condemned to an existence without harmony and without voice. I have restored to them the breath they've been denied, and I've allowed them to modulate their own longings, outbursts, and distress." This is work of deep humanity, imbued with a disorienting lyricism that is Ribeyro's alone. The Word of the Speechless, edited and translated by Katherine Silver, introduces readers to an indispensable and unforgettable voice of Latin American fiction.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781681373232
  • ISBN-10: 1681373238
  • Publisher: New York Review of Books
  • Publish Date: October 2019
  • Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.62 pounds
  • Page Count: 272

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