The unforgettable inspiration for the Academy Award-winning Il Postino, this classic novel established Antonio Skarmeta's reputation as one of the most representative authors of the post-boom generation in contemporary Latin American letters (Christian Science Monitor). Boisterously funny and passionate, The Postman tells of young love ignited by the poetry of Pablo Neruda. Set in the colorful, ebullient years preceding the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, the book has been translated into nearly twenty-five languages around the world.
Antonio Skarmeta achieved worldwide renown with The Postman (Il Postino). His fiction has since received dozens of awards and has been translated into nearly thirty languages worldwide. He lives in Santiago, Chile. Katherine Silver's award-winning translations include works by Maria Sonia Cristoff, Daniel Sada, Cesar Aira, Julio Cortazar, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Julio Ramon Ribeyro. The author of Echo Under Story, she does volunteer interpreting for asylum seekers.
Title: The Postman (Il Postino): A Novel
Author: Silver, Katherine, Sk�rmeta, Antonio
ISBN: 9780393330397
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Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Publication Date: 2008-02-01
Number of Pages: 128
Weight: 0.1407 kg