Books by Silvina Ocampo (3)
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Forgotten Journey by Silvina Ocampo EN
Country: South America / 
Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Delicately crafted, intensely visual, deeply personal stories explore the nature of memory, family ties, and the difficult imbalances of love.
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La Promesa by Silvina Ocampo ES
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Lumen recupera una voz fundamental: «Una de las escritoras más talentosas y extrañas de la literatura en español» (Mariana Enriquez). La novela que la autora consideró siempre su mejor obra. Una mujer se inclina sobre la baranda de un transatlántico para recoger un broche y cae accidentalmente por la borda. Mientras el barco se aleja, hace una promesa a Santa Rita, la «abogada de lo imposible» si logra salvarse, escribirá la historia de su vida. Personas y lugares desfilan ante sus ojos formando un «diccionario de recuerdos» a menudo crueles o perturbadores, mientras el mar la rodea con toda s... continue
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The Promise by Silvina Ocampo EN
Country: South America / Argentina
Argentina
Description:
Kirkus Reviews calls The Promise one of the Best Books of Fiction, and of Literature in Translation, of the year! * Voted one of the Big Fall Books from Indies by Publishers Weekly & LitHub's Most Anticipated Books of 2019 "The world is ready for her blend of insane Angela Carter with the originality of Clarice Lispector."—Mariana Enriquez, LitHub "Both her debut story collection, Forgotten Journey, and her only novel, The Promise, are strikingly 20th-century texts, written in a high-modernist mode rarely found in contemporary fiction."—Lily Meyer, NPR A dying woman's attempt to recount the st... continue