The Resource Humiliation : stories, Paulina Flores ; translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell
Humiliation : stories, Paulina Flores ; translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell
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The item Humiliation : stories, Paulina Flores ; translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chelmsford Public Library.
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- Summary
- The nine mesmerizing stories in Humiliation, translated from the Spanish by Man Booker International Prize finalist Megan McDowell, present us with a Chile we seldom see in fiction: port cities marked by poverty and brimming with plans of rebellion; apartment buildings populated with dominant mothers and voyeuristic neighbors; library steps that lead students to literature, but also into encounters with other arts--those of seduction, self-delusion, sabotage. In these pages, a father walks through the scorching heat of Santiago's streets with his two daughters in tow. Jobless and ashamed, he takes them into a stranger's house, a place that will become the site of the greatest humiliation of his life. In an impoverished fishing town, four teenage boys try to allay their boredom during an endless summer by translating lyrics from the Smiths into Spanish using a stolen dictionary. Their dreams of fame and glory twist into a plan to steal musical instruments from a church, an obsession that prevents one of them from anticipating a devastating ending. Meanwhile a young woman goes home with a charismatic man after finding his daughter wandering lost in a public place. She soon discovers, like so many characters in this book, that fortuitous encounters can be deceptions in disguise. Themes of pride, shame, and disgrace--small and large, personal and public--tie the stories in this collection together. Humiliation becomes revelation as we watch Paulina Flores's characters move from an age of innocence into a world of conflicting sensations."--Provided by publisher
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- eng
- spa
- eng
- Label
- Humiliation : stories
- Title
- Humiliation
- Title remainder
- stories
- Statement of responsibility
- Paulina Flores ; translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell
- Language
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- eng
- spa
- eng
- Summary
- The nine mesmerizing stories in Humiliation, translated from the Spanish by Man Booker International Prize finalist Megan McDowell, present us with a Chile we seldom see in fiction: port cities marked by poverty and brimming with plans of rebellion; apartment buildings populated with dominant mothers and voyeuristic neighbors; library steps that lead students to literature, but also into encounters with other arts--those of seduction, self-delusion, sabotage. In these pages, a father walks through the scorching heat of Santiago's streets with his two daughters in tow. Jobless and ashamed, he takes them into a stranger's house, a place that will become the site of the greatest humiliation of his life. In an impoverished fishing town, four teenage boys try to allay their boredom during an endless summer by translating lyrics from the Smiths into Spanish using a stolen dictionary. Their dreams of fame and glory twist into a plan to steal musical instruments from a church, an obsession that prevents one of them from anticipating a devastating ending. Meanwhile a young woman goes home with a charismatic man after finding his daughter wandering lost in a public place. She soon discovers, like so many characters in this book, that fortuitous encounters can be deceptions in disguise. Themes of pride, shame, and disgrace--small and large, personal and public--tie the stories in this collection together. Humiliation becomes revelation as we watch Paulina Flores's characters move from an age of innocence into a world of conflicting sensations."--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- YDX
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- 1988-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Flores, Paulina
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- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- McDowell, Megan
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- Humiliation
- Shame
- Chile
- Chile
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- Humiliation : stories, Paulina Flores ; translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1083706463
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9781948226240
- Lccn
- 2018965037
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- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- n
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- (OCoLC)1083706463
- Label
- Humiliation : stories, Paulina Flores ; translated from the Spanish by Megan McDowell
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1083706463
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 257 pages
- Isbn
- 9781948226240
- Lccn
- 2018965037
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
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- (OCoLC)1083706463
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