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Sebastián Martínez Daniell was born in Buenos Aires in 1971. He has published three novels, Semana (Week, 2004), Precipitaciones aisladas (Isolated Showers, 2010) and Dos Sherpas (Two Sherpas, 2018). His work has also been included in anthologies such as Buenos Aires / Escala 1:1 (2007), Uno a uno (2008), Hablar de mí (2010) and Golpes . Relatos y memorias de la dictadura (2016). He is one of the co-founders of the independent publisher Entropía and is a literature lecturer at the National University of the Arts in Buenos Aires.
Jennifer Croft won a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship for her novel The Extinction of Irena Rey , the 2020 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for her illustrated memoir Homesick and the 2018 International Booker Prize for her translation from Polish of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights. She holds an MFA from the University of Iowa and a PhD from Northwestern University and is a Presidential Professor at the University of Tulsa.
<p>"Daniell reveals a fascinating universe in scintillating prose, precisely translated by Croft….It’s a stunner." <strong>—Publishers Weekly, starred review</strong></p><p>"An ambitiously inventive, profoundly intelligent trek through highly personal experiences of lingering imperialism." <strong>—Kirkus, starred review</strong></p><p>"Brilliantly tangential...this book becomes a viewpoint from which we can see the whole world." <strong>—The Observer</strong></p><p>"Daniell uses a neat cast of characters, a sprinkling of sub-tales and a touch of comedy to create a story far broader than the reader might expect, an acerbic dissection of a tired world order and personal history of two very different individuals." <strong>—Lunate</strong></p><p>"Two Sherpas is sheer brilliance, a book that had me hooked in anticipation from its opening pages. It’s a wake up call." <strong>—Word by Word</strong></p><p>**********<br /><strong>Praise for Sebastián Martínez Daniell</strong></p><p>"Daniell reveals a fascinating universe in scintillating prose, precisely translated by Croft….It’s a stunner." <strong>—Publishers Weekly, starred review</strong></p><p>"An ambitiously inventive, profoundly intelligent trek through highly personal experiences of lingering imperialism." <strong>—Kirkus, starred review</strong></p><p>"Brilliantly tangential...this book becomes a viewpoint from which we can see the whole world." <strong>—The Observer</strong></p>
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
Sebastián Martínez Daniell was born in Buenos Aires in 1971. He has published three novels, Semana (Week, 2004), Precipitaciones aisladas (Isolated Showers, 2010) and Dos Sherpas (Two Sherpas, 2018). His work has also been included in anthologies such as Buenos Aires / Escala 1:1 (2007), Uno a uno (2008), Hablar de mí (2010) and Golpes . Relatos y memorias de la dictadura (2016). He is one of the co-founders of the independent publisher Entropía and is a literature lecturer at the National University of the Arts in Buenos Aires.
Jennifer Croft won a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship for her novel The Extinction of Irena Rey , the 2020 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing for her illustrated memoir Homesick and the 2018 International Booker Prize for her translation from Polish of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights. She holds an MFA from the University of Iowa and a PhD from Northwestern University and is a Presidential Professor at the University of Tulsa.