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COM.ONIXSUITE.9780872864078 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100395600 02 0872864073 03 9780872864078 15 9780872864078 BC 1 A01 Ponte, Antonio José Antonio José Ponte Antonio José Ponte was born in 1964 in Matanzas, Cuba, and studied at the University of Havana. He worked for some years as an engineer and then as a screenwriter. In addition to writing short stories and fiction, Ponte has published prize-winning collections of poetry and essays. 2 B06 Franzen, Cola Cola Franzen Cola Franzen has translated from Spanish some twenty volumes of prose and poetry, including <i>Poems of Arab Andalusia </i>(City Lights), Claudia Guilln's <i>The Challenge of Comparative Literature, </i>and <i>Dreams of the Abandoned Seducer </i>by Alicia Borinsky. 01 eng 112 00 112 03 03 0 03 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Fiction 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Latin America 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Literature in Translation 01 <P>In the manner of fabled storytellers, Ponte creates a vivid picture of contemporary Cuba-its real and imagined place in the world-through stories told by a foreign exchange physics student, urban planners who discover an underground metropolis in their own neighborhood, a traveler stranded in an airport restroom, a suspicious stranger listening to stories spun in a barbershop, and a Chinese butcher in love with a beautiful daughter of Ochun. This inventive brew of fantasy, popular religion, science and science fiction, travel adventure, and tall tales celebrates the Cuban spirit at home and abroad.</P><P><B>Antonio Jose Ponte </B>(born 1964 in Matanzas, Cuba) lives in Havana. He is the author of poetry, essays, novels, and stories.</P> 02 In the manner of fabled storytellers, Ponte creates a vivid picture of contemporary Cuba-its real and imagined place in the world-through stories told by a foreign exchange physics student, urban planners who discover an underground metropolis in... 08 "In a Spartan voice, frugal and brave, Havana-based writer Antonio José Ponte becomes a skillful Scheherazade who spins a fantastic collection of short stories that reads like a Cuban 'Arabian Nights'." Miami Herald 08 "In this collection of stories, each told with a wild mania, the narrators, like Scheherazade, are desperate to save their lives by telling their story.... Each story loops back upon itself, arrives at an inconclusive end and should be read once more." Los Angeles Times 08 "Unlike exiled writers who see the island as either a mythical homeland or a political cause, Ponte paints a picture that will strike the U.S. reader as surreal in its simplicity. . . . Cool, assured and quietly insightful, these tales provide rare glimpses into a Cuba often lost behind newspaper headlines." Publishers Weekly 08 "Ponte writes in a spare style more akin to Eastern European writers than anything usually associated with the bounty of the Caribberan, Cuban or otherwise. His sentences are short and sharp, his settings bleak and cold. . . . Smart and haunting . . ." Village Voice Literary Supplement 04 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100395600/images/87286100395600L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100395600/images/87286100395600S.jpg http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100395600 City Lights Publishers 01 City Lights Publishers 20020901 01 7.25 in 02 5 in 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 20 20020901 01 02 11.95 USD