Battles in the Desert (40th Anniversary Edition)

Contributor(s): Pacheco, José Emilio (Author), Silver, Katherine (Translator)

ISBN: 9780811230957

Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation

Binding Types:

Paperback

$10.95

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$23.90 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$22.70 (100+ copies: $21.95)

List/retail price:

$10.95

Pub Date: June 1, 2021

Dewey: 863.64

LCCN: 2021001794

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Price on Product

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.32" H x 7.09" L x 4.33" W ( 0.18 lbs) 48 pages

BISAC Categories:

Fiction | Short Stories single author | Literary | Hispanic and Latino | General

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: This heart-breaking novella is a key work of 20th-century dystopian Mexican literature and sadly all too apropos today

Brief description: Katherine Silver's award-winning translations include works by María Sonia Cristoff, Daniel Sada, César Aira, Julio Cortázar, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Julio Ramón Ribeyro. The author of Echo Under Story, she volunteers as an interpreter for asylum seekers.

Review Quotes: An exceptional poet of daily life, impeccable.-- "USA TODAY"

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