The Impostor :and Other Stories
The Impostor :and Other Stories
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Published:
2 December, 2021
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781788168793 |
| ISBN10 | 1788168798 |
| Number Of Pages | 368 |
| Item Weight | 300 g |
| Product Dimensions | 130 x 198 x 26 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main - Classic Edition |
Media Reviews
Silvina Ocampo is one of our best writers. Her stories have no equal in our literature. -- Jorge Luis Borges
No other writer better captures the magic inside everyday rituals, the forbidden or hidden face that our mirrors don't show us. -- Italo Calvino
Few writers have an eye for the small horrors of everyday life; fewer still see the everyday marvellous. Other than Silvina Ocampo, I cannot think of a single writer who at any time or in any language, has chronicled both with such wise and elegant humour. -- Alberto Manguel
The black satire of her stories spares almost no one... eerily prescient * Daily Telegraph *
Ocampo captures mundane events in a whimsical, slightly sinister style * Monocle *
A comprehensive collection of surreal tales * i paper *
The allure of Silvina Ocampo's short fiction lies in the raising of unexpected questions again and again. * Tablet *
Comparable to the mighty César Aira, the most surreal stories of Murakami, and her great admirers Borges and Calvino, Ocampo's unnervingly hypnotic, frequently macabre stories are clever, funny, and brilliantly, hauntingly strange. * Big Issue *
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Author's Bio
Silvina Ocampo (1903-1993) studied painting with Giorgio de Chirico and Fernand Léger in Paris, before returning to Buenos Aires. Her first collection of stories, Forgotten Journey appeared in 1937. She was also a prolific poet and translator. Ocampo was reportedly denied Argentina's National Prize for fiction in 1959 after judges decided her work was 'too cruel'.