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New Directions paperbook volume 276
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English
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Free renderings of selections from the works of Chuang-tzŭ, taken from various translations.
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New Directions paperback volume 637
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English
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Seven stories depict harsh realities of life in urban Mexico and the tragedies of childhood innocence betrayed.--
7) Night train
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New Directions paperbook volume 1513
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English
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"Gorgeously translated by Lydia Davis, the miniature stories of A. L. Snijders might concern a lost shoe, a visit with a bat, fears of travel, a dream of a man who has lost a glass eye: uniting them is their concision and their vivacity. Lydia Davis in her introduction delves into her fascination with the pleasures and challenges of translating from a language relatively new to her. She also extolls Snijders's "straightforward approach to storytelling,...
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