Isidoro Blaisten
ARGENTINA, 1933 - 2004
Isidoro Blaisten is held to be one of the greatest Argentinian short story writers. His inimitable humour, his masterly treatment of colloquial language and brilliant verbal inventiveness create a literary space unique in its freshness of language and dynamism of imagination. Blaisten knows how to get the most out of the trivial and mundane. He was a member of the Argentinian Academy of Letters since 2001 and a corresponding member of the Spanish Royal Academy.
"One of the best storytellers of his generation, the most read
and the most popular after Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar.”
EL PAÍS
"Blaisten belongs to that vein of storytellers of the absurd that,
in the space between uproarious laughter and hair-raising shivers,
reveals to us all the nuances of the spectrum of existence.”
LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR
“The talent of Isidoro Blaisten resides in a fusion of all these elements:
the expressionism of Roberto Arlt, the epic quality of Leopoldo Marechal,
and the playful inventiveness of Julio Cortázar.”
LIBÉRATION
PUBLISHED BY: Latin America EMECÉ / SEIX BARRAL / PUNTO DE ENCUENTRO / MIL BOTELLAS / HUGO LEVÍN | Spain LENGUA DE TRAPO / TROPO EDITORES | France GALLIMARD | Macedonia MAKEDONIKA LITERA | Portugal MALDOROR LIVROS | Serbia AGORA | Film rights ALEJANDRO CACHOUA
By Isidoro Blaisten
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NOVEL, 2017
Isidoro Blaisten was one of the most subtle story writers of his time. He had an extraordinary sense of humour, an exquisite feel for the colloquial and was capable of sudden, unexpected flashes...
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POETRY, 2014
"I see the poetic moment as a flash in the dark: you can't spend your whole life saying hello to people in the lift, paying your taxes and pontificating about the state of the country. Life is...
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SHORT STORIES, 1980
A family that lives off the leavings from banquets; an accountant obsessed with the idea of building a bookshelf from an old wooden door; the misadventures of a mysterious man who gets...
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