“Pitol’s writing – the way he constructs sentences, inflects Spanish, twists meanings and stresses particular words – reflects the multiplicity of languages he has read and embraced. Reading him is like reading through the layers of many languages at once.” — Valeria Luiselli, author of The Story of My Teeth

"Pitol is one of the great Spanish-speaking authors from recent history, mentor and model for many writers from Spain and Latin America." — Daniel Saldaña Paris, Publishers Weekly

"One of Mexico’s most culturally complex and composite writers." — Publishers Weekly

"Masterful. . . . Pitol swirls together memories with poetic reflection, in a way that feels at home in America's memoir culture, but without this obsession with nonfiction." — Dallas Observer

"One of Mexico's most culturally complex and composite writers." —Publishers Weekly

Mephisto's Waltz brings together the best short stories from celebrated writer Sergio Pitol's oeuvre, including the titular story, Pitol's personal favorite. This collection, selected by the author, is a glimpse into the works that first gained Pitol his status as one of the greatest living Mexican writers and showcases the evolution of his unique literary style.

Sergio Pitol (b. 1933) is one of Mexico's foremost writers, and winner of the 2005 Cervantes Prize. He is renowned for his intellectual career in both the fields of literary creation and translation.

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Pitol gained legendary status first as a short story writer, this, his first collection in English, showcases his greatest stories.
Galleys mailing to all major review outlets as well as alternative review sources in spring 2017 Introduction request to Valeria Luiselli Blurb requests targeting prominent literary and cultural figures such as Mario Bellatin, Álvaro Enrigue, Mauro Javier Cardenas, Daniel Alarcon, Cesar Aira, Enrique Vila-Matas Mexican Embassy in DC and their Consulates in local markets to sponsor events with translator and homages to the author in public appearances in the US planned for festivals, bookstores, and universities throughout 2017 & 2018 Serial rights targeting The Paris Review, The New Yorker, The Guardian, Literal Magazine, Texas Monthly, Gulf Coast, McSweeney’s, The White Review; One Story, Guernica, Tin House, Words Without Borders, Asymptote Print publicity targeting literary journals and newspaper book sections Promotion on LibraryThing, Goodreads, Riffle, and other social reading websites Promotion on the publisher's website (deepvellum.org), Twitter feed (@deepvellum), and Facebook page (/deepvellum) Promotion in the publisher’s e-newsletters for weeks and months surrounding release Promotion at publisher's booth at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference (AWP), American Library Association Conference, Modern Languages Association Convention, Texas Book Festival, Brooklyn Book Festival, the American Literary Translators Association Conference, Book Expo America, Dallas Book Festival, and Bay Area Book Festival. Publicity targeting The New Inquiry, The Millions, Full-Stop, The Nervous Breakdown, HTMLGIANT, Three Percent, The Literary Saloon, the Quarterly Conversation, and more Print and digital advertising in select literary journals and magazines and on their websites, such as Words Without Borders, Asymptote, World Literature Today, Literary Hub, Granta, The Rumpus, The White Review, A Public Space, Little Star, The Coffin Factory, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Electric Literature, Music & Literature, and others
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781941920657
Publisert
2018-02-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Deep Vellum Publishing
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
134 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
250

Forfatter
Oversetter