{"product_id":"microfictions-paperback","title":"Microfictions - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAna Maria Shua\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSteven J. Stewart\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCinderella's sisters surgically modify their feet to win the prince's love. A werewolf gathers up enough courage to visit a dentist. A medium trying to reach the afterworld gets a recorded message. A fox and a badger compete to out-fool each other. Whether writing of insomnia from a mosquito's point of view or showing us what happens \"after\" the princess kisses the frog, Ana Maria Shua, in these fleet and incandescent stories, is nothing if not pithy--except, of course, wildly entertaining. Some as short as a sentence, these microfictions have been selected and translated from four different books. Flashes of insight, cracks of wit, twists of logic, and quirks of language: these are fictions in the distinguished Argentinean tradition of Borges and Cortazar and Denevi, as powerful as they are brief. One of Argentina's most prolific and distinguished writers, and acclaimed worldwide, Shua displays in these microfictions the epitome of her humor, riddling logic, and mastery over our imagination. Now, for the first time in English, the fox transforms itself into a fable, and \"the reader is invited to find the tail.\" Ana María Shua has published more than forty books in many genres, including poetry, children's fiction, novels, and books on Jewish folklore, and her work has been translated into many languages. She lives in Buenos Aires. Steven J. Stewart is an associate professor in the English Department at Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg. He was awarded a 2005 Literature Fellowship for Translation by the National Endowment for the Arts. His translation of Devoured by the Moon: Selected Poems of Rafael Perez Estrada was a finalist for the PEN USA Translation Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAna María Shua has published more than forty books in many genres, including poetry, children's fiction, novels, and books on Jewish folklore, and her work has been translated into many languages. She lives in Buenos Aires. \u003cbr\u003eSteven J. Stewart is an associate professor in the English Department at Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg. He was awarded a 2005 Literature Fellowship for Translation by the National Endowment for the Arts. His translation of \u003ci\u003eDevoured by the Moon: Selected Poems of Rafael Perez Estrada\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the PEN USA Translation Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.54 x 6.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131307528327,"sku":"9780803220904","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/090c8afa647683273e49a4f89f7d3025.webp?v=1732617900","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/microfictions-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}