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By
Ollie Brock (trans),
Anne McLean (trans),
Lisa Dillman (trans),
Eduardo Halfon and
Daniel Hahn (trans)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Consortium Book Sales & Dist
Publication date
October 2, 2012
Pages
188
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781934137536
ISBN-10
1934137537
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.25 by 7.75 in.
Weight
0.40 lbs.
Original list price
$14.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
"Elegantâ ÂMarie Claire
"Funny and revelatory." ÂNew York Times Book Review
"Deeply accessible, deeply moving." ÂLos Angeles Times
The Polish Boxer covers a vast landscape of human experience while enfolding a search for origins: a grandson tries to make sense of his Polish grandfather's past and the story behind his numbered tattoo; a Serbian classical pianist longs for his forbidden heritage; a Mayan poet is torn between his studies and filial obligations; a striking young Israeli woman seeks answers in Central America; a university professor yearns for knowledge that he can't find in books and discovers something unexpected at a Mark Twain conference. Drawn to what lies beyond the range of reason, they all reach for the beautiful and fleeting, whether through humor, music, poetry, or unspoken words. Across his encounters with each of them, the narratorÂa Guatemalan literature professor and writer named Eduardo HalfonÂpursues his most enigmatic subject: himself.
Mapping the geography of identity in a world scarred by a legacy of violence and exile, The Polish Boxer marks the debut of a major new Latin American voice in English.
Eduardo Halfon was named one of the best young Latin American writers by the Hay Festival of Bogotá and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the prestigious José MarÃa de Pereda Prize for the Short Novel. The Polish Boxer, his first book to appear in English, was a New York Times Editorsâ Choice selection and finalist for the International Latino Book Award. Halfon is currently the Harman Writer in Residence at Baruch College in New York and travels frequently between his homes in Nebraska and Guatemala.
"Funny and revelatory." ÂNew York Times Book Review
"Deeply accessible, deeply moving." ÂLos Angeles Times
The Polish Boxer covers a vast landscape of human experience while enfolding a search for origins: a grandson tries to make sense of his Polish grandfather's past and the story behind his numbered tattoo; a Serbian classical pianist longs for his forbidden heritage; a Mayan poet is torn between his studies and filial obligations; a striking young Israeli woman seeks answers in Central America; a university professor yearns for knowledge that he can't find in books and discovers something unexpected at a Mark Twain conference. Drawn to what lies beyond the range of reason, they all reach for the beautiful and fleeting, whether through humor, music, poetry, or unspoken words. Across his encounters with each of them, the narratorÂa Guatemalan literature professor and writer named Eduardo HalfonÂpursues his most enigmatic subject: himself.
Mapping the geography of identity in a world scarred by a legacy of violence and exile, The Polish Boxer marks the debut of a major new Latin American voice in English.
Eduardo Halfon was named one of the best young Latin American writers by the Hay Festival of Bogotá and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the prestigious José MarÃa de Pereda Prize for the Short Novel. The Polish Boxer, his first book to appear in English, was a New York Times Editorsâ Choice selection and finalist for the International Latino Book Award. Halfon is currently the Harman Writer in Residence at Baruch College in New York and travels frequently between his homes in Nebraska and Guatemala.
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With Eduardo Halfon, Lisa Dillman (other contributor), Daniel Hahn (other contributor), Ollie Brock (other contributor) |
from Consortium Book Sales & Dist (October 2, 2012)
9781934137536 | details & prices | 188 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $14.95
About: "Elegantâ ÂMarie Claire"Funny and revelatory.
About: "Elegantâ ÂMarie Claire"Funny and revelatory.
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