Beatle Dreams and Other Stories
By Mexican writer Guillermo SamperioTranslated by Russell M. Cluff and
L. Howard Quackenbush
ISBN: 0-935480-60-9
Price: $16.00
Pages: 169
Humor, fantasy and irony characterize the work of Mexican writer Guillermo Samperio, who has produced more than 170 stories in a dozen volumes. An extraordinary observer of human nature, he plays with the relationship between author, reader and text, producing unexpected and imaginative results.
"This collection of 38 stories represents a selection of
the author's own favorite tales and includes a mixture of
Samperio's literary tastes and modes, from traditional short
stories to metafiction and micronarratives....This collection
captures the essence of Samperio's multifaceted spirit and its
literary manifestation.
--Choice
"[Samperio's] political and social barbs zoom right on to
the target each time....Samperio succeeds in entertaining, as
well as enlightening. His Mexico is a new Mexico, filled with
many of the problems of decay suffered by the so-called First
World. As he roams from the bedroom to the subway car to the
office, he offers invaluable glimpses at contemporary
Mexico."
--Scanning the Bookshelf
"Beatle Dreams and Other Stories will be
welcomed by readers of English wishing to become better
acquainted with contemporary Mexican fiction. The translators'
skill shines throughout the book....A member of Mexico's
postmodernist generation, Guillermo Samperio is a talented
voice worthy of wider acclaim both in Mexico and abroad."
--World Literature Today
"Samperio's writing is lively and fun, and the
translation is lucid."
--Publishers Weekly