Research Catalog

Title

Message from the shadows : stories / Antonio Tabucchi ; translated from Italian by Anne Milano Appel, Martha Cooley, Frances Frenaye, Elizabeth Harris, Tim Parks, Antonio Romani, and Janice M. Thresher.

Author

Tabucchi, Antonio, 1943-2012

Publication

Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2019.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Appel, Anne Milano
• Cooley, Martha
• Frenaye, Frances, 1908-1996
• Harris, Elizabeth, 1963-
• Parks, Tim
• Romani, Antonio
• Thresher, Janice M.

Description

317 pages; 17 cm

Summary

"These twenty-three timeless stories in Message from the Shadows sift through Antonio Tabucchi's shadow world. Here, characters step into new dreams with ease, open their mouths to swallow the sky, and idle whales ponder the fragile state of mankind. At times, Tabucchi's world spins toward a single fate: a young boy's lament is said to gather eels to the shore, or a woman in a cotton dress sings, 'I was left with a handful of air' and a young man follows her curious echo. In crackling, tender prose, Tabucchi illuminates the small joys and laments of ordinary people. In these stories, time staggers, straddling the narrow gap between dream and reality. With each brilliant glimpse, we find ourselves examining trees, evening shadows, train journeys, and wrinkled faces of a shared world with fresh eyes"--

Uniform Title

Short stories. Selections. English

Alternative Title

Short stories.

Subject

• Tabucchi, Antonio, 1943-2012 > Translations into English
• Tabucchi, Antonio, 1943-2012
• Short stories, Italian > Translations into English
• Short stories, Italian

Genre/Form

• Short stories.
• Translations.
• Italian fiction.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Translated from the Italian.

Contents

The reversal game -- Clouds -- Letter from Casablanca -- The Cheshire Cat -- Night, sea, or distance -- Message from the shadows -- The woman from Porto Pim : a story -- Islands -- The translation -- Wanderlust -- The trains that go to madras -- The phrase that follows this is false : the phrase that precedes this is true -- Bucharest hasn't changed a bit -- Little misunderstandings of no importance -- Drip, drop, drippity-drop -- The flying creatures of Fra Angelico -- Against time -- Little Gatsby -- Cinema -- Small blue whales strolling about the Azores -- Yo me enamoré del aire -- Voices -- Postscript : a whale's view of man.

Call Number

JFC 19-532

ISBN

• 9781939810151
• 1939810159

LCCN

2019009581

OCLC

1090283903

Author

Tabucchi, Antonio, 1943-2012, author.

Title

Message from the shadows : stories / Antonio Tabucchi ; translated from Italian by Anne Milano Appel, Martha Cooley, Frances Frenaye, Elizabeth Harris, Tim Parks, Antonio Romani, and Janice M. Thresher.

Publisher

Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2019.

Edition

First Archipelago Books edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

Translated from the Italian.

Added Author

Appel, Anne Milano, translator.

Cooley, Martha, translator.

Frenaye, Frances, 1908-1996, translator.

Harris, Elizabeth, 1963- translator.

Parks, Tim, translator.

Romani, Antonio, translator.

Thresher, Janice M., translator.

Other Form:

Online version: Tabucchi, Antonio, 1943-2012, author. Message from the shadows First Archipelago Books edition. Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books , 2019 9781939810168 (DLC) 2019012668

Research Call Number

JFC 19-532