Product Description: In each segment of text we find revelations and powerful new ways of understanding fleeting moments in life.

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'Excellent translation of Colombian Abad Faciolince's Asuntos de un hidalgo disoluto (see HLAS 56:3663). Novel's sometimes black humor reviews life of its elderly protagonist, as dictated to his secretary. Many references to cultural, political, and historical issues in Colombia and Europe. Short biography of author; no other locating material'--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

'Translations of six essays (1994) by Colombian poet and essayist. Texts make philosophical and literary references while examining the meaning of human existence in a technological, materialistic world at century's end. Perspective broad, sometimes concentrating on Latin American issues. Excellent translation. Brief author's biography; very short translator's introduction'--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/