The Two Siblings and Other Stories
By Luisa Mercedes LevinsonTranslated by Sylvia Eherlich Lipp
ISBN: 0-935480-74-9
Price: $15.00
Pages: 128
Sexual passion and hatred seethe under the Argentine jungle sun in "The Cove"--a taste of Levinson's powerful prose in The Two Siblings and Other Stories. Expertly rendered by award-winning translator Sylvia Ehrlich Lipp, this collection takes readers on a journey through the spectra of human emotion. An introduction by the author's daughter, internationally renowned writer Luisa Valenzuela, brings insight into the fictional world of Levinson, who worked among and was greatly influenced by Latin America's greatest literary minds during her illustrious career.
"Characters haunt darkened streets, endure long, monthly trips across the sea to their loves and zoom through tunnels in trains.... Levinson, a native of Buenos Aires, is the recipient of literary awards in Argentina and abroad. Her stories resemble poems, with words tripping over themselves and often repeating."
--Publishers Weekly
"...the current collection demonstrates well levinson's dreamy, passionate style, abundant use of fantasy, and strong familiarity with settings as diverse as the jungles of South America and the streets of Europe. This important translation will make Levinson accessible to a new generation of English-language readers."
--Library Journal