Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Fab Four Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Russell M. Cluff and L. Howard Quackenbush. 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. "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.
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“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
“Samperio’s writing is lively and fun, and the translation is lucid.”
—Publishers Weekly
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