A Bag of Stories
By Brazilian author Edla van SteenTranslated by David S. George
ISBN: 0-935480-54-4
Price: $15.00
Pages: 174
"Homecoming and reunion are the dominant themes in this
collection of short stories....[that] competently build
tension and then offer a twist of a striking image....Veiga,
whose wife dies in childbirth, feeds his son, Bento, with an
artificial breast strapped to his chest. Yet later Veiga
resents his role as 'mother' and the resulting emasculation.
Here the Brazilian van Steen creates a fine puzzle to mull
over."
--Publishers Weekly
"Van Steen's stories overflow with emotion and tackle
such topics as writer's block, lesbianism, and the loss of
love between family....a collection of short stories that
readers will be reaching for again and again..."
--Consortium on Latin American Studies