Short stories
Terracotas, cuentos breves
Not translated into English
Rafael Ángel Troyo · 1900
Synopsis
A collection of short stories published in 1900, for which no accessible presentation summarises the tales. The 2006 edition singles out in particular “La limosna”, “Malicia” and “Madre”, and the vocabulary of the book, according to Google Books' counts, revolves around bohemia and poverty, Montmartre and music. Presentations of the author link his work to modernism, cosmopolitan and opposed to the nationalist tradition of the country.
Context
The book was published in 1900 in San José, by the Lines press, in 114 pages; it is the first of a series of collections by the author, followed by other books in 1904 and 1907. An edition prepared by Juan Durán Luzio reissued it in 2006 in the Letras nacionales series of the State Distance University of Costa Rica, with the prologue of the first edition. The author's work is linked to modernism, under the influence of Rubén Darío, whom he welcomed in Cartago.
Who it is for
A slim volume of very short stories, in Spanish, which can be read separately; a 2006 edition makes it accessible.
Prizes and reception
The first book by one of Costa Rica's modernists, selected for a collection of national letters in 2006.
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