Overview

Writers, publishers, readers and scholars have stopped apologising for the short story: the genre is no longer a bad investment, a trial-exercise for a novel or a minor entertainment, as demonstrated by exceptional writers with an almost exclusive dedication to it, such as Jorge Luis Borges, Alice Munro, Quim Monzó or Cristina Fernández Cubas. With deep roots in classic and medieval literatures, and great achievements in the nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries, the genre of the short story, which benefits from the linguistic tightness of poetry and the narrative comforts of the novel, has finally been recognised as having a (hybrid) identity of its own. This volume re-edits and expands a previous bilingual collection published in 1997. The first edition included stories by twelve writers: Pilar Cibreiro, Cristina Fernández Cubas, Paloma Díaz-Mas, Adelaida García Morales, Lourdes Ortiz, Laura Freixas, Marina Mayoral, Mercedes Abad, Rosa Montero, Maruja Torres, Soledad Puértolas and María Eugenia Salaverri. The present edition adds another four: Nuria Amat, Juana Salabert, Luisa Castro and Berta Marsé. The stories gathered in this second edition were written between 1980 and 2010, and testify to the richness and vitality of women’s writing in contemporary Spain. With the original texts in Spanish as well as facing-page English translations, an Introduction, notes, and bio-bibliographical information on each author, this volume is a useful tool for students of the Spanish language and culture at all levels. It includes a selection of secondary reading on Spanish women writers and a selection of anthologies of Spanish short stories since 1997.

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Author:   Montserrat Lunati ,  M. Myerscough
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Aris & Phillips Ltd
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781910572306

ISBN 10:   1910572306
Pages:   430
Publication Date:   04 October 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   Spanish

Table of Contents

‘Fugitive alchemy’: some notes on the second edition of Rainy Days [introduction to the second edition] Women writers in Post-Franco Spain: Writing as a transgression? [introduction to the first edition] PILAR CIBREIRO:  Días de lluvia / Rainy Days CRISTINA FERNÁNDEZ CUBAS: El reloj de Bagdad /The Clock from Baghdad ADELAIDA GARCÍA MORALES: El encuentro /A Chance Encounter LOURDES ORTIZ: Penélope / Penelope LAURA FREIXAS: Memoria en venta / Memories for Sale MARINA MAYORAL: Nueve meses y un día / Nine Months and a Day MERCEDES ABAD: Pasión defenestrante / Uncontrolled Passion ROSA MONTERO: El abuelo / The Grandfather NURIA AMAT: Hipatia / Hypatia MARUJA TORRES: Desparecida / The Woman Who Disappeared SOLEDAD PUÉRTOLAS: Viejas historias / Tales from the Past MARÍA EUGENIA SALAVERRI: Cirugía plástica / Plastic Surgery LUISA CASTRO: Mi madre en la ventana / My Mother at the Window JUANA SALABERT: Serás aire volador / You’ll Become a Whisper of Air PALOMA DÍAZ-MAS: Los mayorales exhaustos / The Exhausted Farmers BERTA MARSÉ: Cocinitas / Playing Houses A selection of critical works on Spanish women’s writing since 1997 (dealing with more than one single author) A selection of anthologies of Spanish cuentos and studies on the short story genre since 1997

Reviews

'In conclusion, Rainy Days/Dias de lluvia will enhance knowledge and understanding of important contemporary Spanish women writers, both for those familiar with Spanish literature and for those wanting to learn about them. Montserrat Lunati's bilingual anthology is highly recommended.' Lynn K. Talbot, Bulletin of Spanish Studies

'In conclusion, Rainy Days/Días de lluvia will enhance knowledge and understanding of important contemporary Spanish women writers, both for those familiar with Spanish literature and for those wanting to learn about them. Montserrat Lunati’s bilingual anthology is highly recommended.' Lynn K. Talbot, Bulletin of Spanish Studies

Author Information

Dr Montserrat Lunati is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Cardiff University, and an Honorary Reader at the University of St Andrews. She was Visiting Professor in Catalan Studies at the University of Chicago (2012) and at the University of Stanford (2018).

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