Scents of Wood and Silence
By Kathleen Ross and Yvette E. MillerIntroduction by Kathleen Ross
ISBN: 0-935480-55-2
Price: $17.00
Pages: 220
The enlightening stories in this collection are by women authors whose work is being published in English for the first time. The book pairs internationally known authors including Isabel Allende, Luisa Valenzuela, Claribel Alegrķa, Lydia Cabrera, Silvina Ocampo and Clarice Lispector with outstanding translators such as Gregory Rabassa, Margaret Sayers Peden, Diana Velez and Jill Levine. This anthology features an excellent general bibliography and an individual bibliography on each of the authors.
"This powerful collection gathers 23 stories by women
from Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America,
some here published in English for the first time, and
several never before published.... throughout the anthology,
the most striking idea, eloquently and effectively
communicated, is one of nostalgic loneliness, a sad and
wistful longing for connection."
--Publishers Weekly
"This wave of new fiction from Latin American Women...
is literally an explosion.... We have an unprecedented
opportunity, thanks to these books... to watch and evaluate
and enjoy a literary revolution as it takes place.... Scents
of Wood and Silence offer[s] the best and broadest
introduction to these writers."
--Washington Post Book World