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 Ramn 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 expressionthe marginalized, the forgotten, those condemned to an existence without harmony and without voice. I have restored to them the breath theyve been denied, and Ive allowed them to modulate their own longings, outbursts, and distress. This is work of deep humanity, imbued with a disorienting lyricism that is Ribeyros alone.The Word of the Speechless, edited and translated by Katherine Silver, introduces readers to an indispensable and unforgettable voice of Latin American fiction.

Binding: Paperback;264 pages; Publisher: New York Review Books; Classification: FA; Weight: 388 g; Dimensions: 198 x 120 x 15

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