Research Catalog

Title

Ariadne in the grotesque labyrinth / Salvador Espriu ; translated by Rowan Ricardo Phillips.

Author

Espriu, Salvador

Publication

Champaign, Ill. : Dalkey Archive Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors

Phillips, Rowan Ricardo

Description

166 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

"One of the defining texts of twentieth-century Catalan fiction, written by one of its most innovative and cherished writers, Salvador Espriu's Ariadne in the Grotesque Labyrinth is a collection of thirty-four short stories in which the twists and turns of action, character, and place are as winding and sumptuous as the legendary maze of its title. Originally published in 1935 in the midst of great countrywide political and social upheaval, these stories are a mirror, a grotesque mirror, held up to Catalan and Spanish society. Infused with a deep sense of mythic power, blending social realism with lush modernist experiment, Ariadne in the Grotesque Labyrinth is a triumph of style. Perhaps best known for his poetry, Espriu's rich lyricism and highly evocative use of the Catalan language are here brought to life in the poet Rowan Ricardo Phillips's remarkable English-language translation of a classic of world literature." --Publisher comments.

Uniform Title

Ariadna al laberint grotesc. English

Alternative Title

Ariadna al laberint grotesc.

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Catalan fiction > 20th century

Genre/Form

• Short stories
• Fiction

Note

• "Originally published in Catalan as Ariadna al laberint grotesc, 1935, by La Rosa del Vents, Barcelona"--T.p. verso.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The young man and the old man -- "Many years ago, Ariadne guided you, for half an hour, through a simple but singular labyrinth." -- Little-Teresa-who-went-down-the-stairs -- Psyche -- Nebuchadnezzar -- Death in the street -- German quasi-story of Ulrika-Thöus -- Nerves -- Rise and fall of Esperança Trinquis -- First and only run-in with Zaraat -- Magnolias in the cloister -- Myrrha -- On orthodoxy -- The heart of the town -- Hildebrand -- Thanatos -- The figurines of the native scene -- The beheaded -- Vulgar history -- Mama real Lylo Vesme -- Prologue to the Devil's ballet -- My friend Salom -- Crisant's theory -- Introduction to the study of a small giraffe -- Topic -- The subordinates -- Ghettos -- The literary circle -- The conversion and death of Quim Federal -- English quasi-story of Athalia Spinster -- Panets walks his head -- French quasi-story of Samson, rediscovered -- Sembobitis -- The moribund country.

ISBN

• 9781564787729 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
• 1564787729 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
• 9781564787323 (cloth : acid-free paper)
• 156478732X (cloth : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^2012013726

OCLC

• 767564361
• SCSB-11826699

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library