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245 10 a| Missing persons, animals, and artists /c| Roberto Ransom ; translated by Daniel Shapiro.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| Chicago :b| Swan Isle Press,c| 2017.;

300 a| xii, 177 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

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500 a| Originally published in Spanish under the title Desaparecidos, animales y artistas (México, D.F. : Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1999). Translated from the Spanish.;

520 a| "Elegant prose and imaginative ironies bring these compelling short stories to life in this first English-language collection from Mexican author Roberto Ransom. Each of the ten stories is filled with fascinating, yet enigmatic and sometimes elusive characters: an alligator in a bathtub, an invisible toad who appears only to a young boy, the beautiful redheaded daughter of a mushroom collector, a deceased journalist who communicates in code, and even Leonardo Da Vinci himself, meditating on The Last Supper. One of Mexico's most original writers, Ransom explores these characters' emotional depths as they move through their fantastical worlds that, while at times unfamiliar, offer brave and profound insights into our own. Missing Persons, Animals, and Artists is the follow-up to Ransom's highly acclaimed A Tale of Two Lions, praised by Ignacio Padilla as "the best Mexican literary work I have read in recent years. [It] heralds a pen capable of that rarest of privileges in our letters: attaining the comic and profoundly human through a perfect simplicity." This collection of short stories has been translated with great care by Daniel Shapiro"--c| Provided by publisher.;

505 0 a| Lizard à la heart -- Snakes and ladders -- Toad's visits -- Three figures and a dog -- Viola di bordone -- Chanterelle -- The midnight man -- The taste of salt -- The dwarf bull -- Vasari, do you hear me?;

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Missing persons, animals, and artists / Roberto Ransom ; translated by Daniel Shapiro.

Author/creator	Ransom, Roberto, 1960- author.
Other author	Shapiro, Daniel, 1955- translator.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	Chicago : Swan Isle Press, 2017.
Copyright Date	©2017
Description	xii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects	Ransom, Roberto, 1960---Translations into English. Mexico--Fiction.

Uniform title	Short stories. Selections. English
Contents	Lizard à la heart -- Snakes and ladders -- Toad's visits -- Three figures and a dog -- Viola di bordone -- Chanterelle -- The midnight man -- The taste of salt -- The dwarf bull -- Vasari, do you hear me?
Abstract	"Elegant prose and imaginative ironies bring these compelling short stories to life in this first English-language collection from Mexican author Roberto Ransom. Each of the ten stories is filled with fascinating, yet enigmatic and sometimes elusive characters: an alligator in a bathtub, an invisible toad who appears only to a young boy, the beautiful redheaded daughter of a mushroom collector, a deceased journalist who communicates in code, and even Leonardo Da Vinci himself, meditating on The Last Supper. One of Mexico's most original writers, Ransom explores these characters' emotional depths as they move through their fantastical worlds that, while at times unfamiliar, offer brave and profound insights into our own. Missing Persons, Animals, and Artists is the follow-up to Ransom's highly acclaimed A Tale of Two Lions, praised by Ignacio Padilla as "the best Mexican literary work I have read in recent years. [It] heralds a pen capable of that rarest of privileges in our letters: attaining the comic and profoundly human through a perfect simplicity." This collection of short stories has been translated with great care by Daniel Shapiro"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	Originally published in Spanish under the title Desaparecidos, animales y artistas (México, D.F. : Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1999). Translated from the Spanish.
Translation of	Translation of: Ransom, Roberto, 1960- Desaparecidos, animales y artistas. México, D.F. : Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, 1999 158 p. ; 21 cm
LCCN	2017015759
ISBN	9780997228717 paperback
ISBN	0997228717 paperback

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