![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() MUCH admired by eminent South American writers like Julio Cortázar and Gabriel García Márquez for whom he was an inspiring precursor, directing their literary imagination to make their own discoveries of the magical relationship between language and the dream of existence, and highly praised by some North American and European writers, including Italo Calvino who considered him incomparably original, yet over 50 years after his death, Felisberto Hernández (1902-1964) remains a neglected figure in an obscure corner of the literary pantheon, unnoticed by the public dazzled by the brightly lit monuments to Samuel Beckett, Pablo Neruda and Jorge Luis Borges.Įnglish-language readers can discover his singularly enchanting world in two books - Lands of Memory (translated by Esther Allen) and Piano Stories (translated by Luis Harss), both beautifully rendered from the original Spanish and thankfully kept in print in America by New Directions. ![]()
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