Severina (Rey Rosa)
Author | Rodrigo Rey Rosa |
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Original title | Severina |
Translator | Chris Andrews |
Language | Spanish |
Publisher | Alfaguara |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | xvi, 87 |
ISBN | 9780300196092 |
Severina is a novella by Guatemalan writer Rodrigo Rey Rosa, originally published in 2011. The work is written using the first person narrative mode and is dedicated to Beatriz Zamora.
Plot summary[]
The story is told from the point of view of a bookseller who finds himself romantically drawn to a young woman he catches stealing books from La Entretenida, the bookstore where he works.
English translations[]
Severina has been translated, with an introduction, into English once by Chris Andrews for Yale University Press's Margellos World Republic of Letters series.
References[]
Rey Rosa, Rodrigo: Severina. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014.
Categories:
- 2011 novels
- Guatemalan fiction
- 2010s novel stubs
- Romance novel stubs