Lands of Memory
Hernández, Felisberto / Allen, Esther
Lands of Memory presents a half-dozen wonderful works by Felisberto Hernández, "a writer like no other, " Italo Calvino declared, "like no European or Latin American. He is an 'irregular, ' who eludes all classifications and labellings-yet he is unmistakable on any page to which one might randomly open one of his books."
Named a Guardian Best Book of the Year by Alfred Brendel and a TLS Best Book of the Year by Michael Hofmann (who calls Felis...