Antonio Tabucchi was born in Pisa in 1943 and died in Lisbon in
2012. A master of short fiction, he won the Prix Medicis Etranger
for Indian Nocturne, the Italian PEN Prize for Requiem- A
Hallucination, the Aristeion European Literature Prize for Pereira
Declares, and was named a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the
French Government. Together with his wife, Maria Jose de Lancastre,
Tabucchi translated much of the work of Fernando Pessoa into
Italian. Tabucchi's works include Time Ages in a Hurry, The Flying
Creatures of Fra Angelico, and The Woman of Porto Pim
(Archipelago), Little Misunderstandings of No Importance, Letter
from Casablanca, and The Edge of the Horizon (New Directions).
Elizabeth Harris's translations appear in numerous literary
journals and anthologies. Her translated books include Mario Rigoni
Stern's Giacomo's Seasons (Autumn Hill Books) and Giulio Mozzi's
This Is the Garden (Open Letter Books). For Tristano Dies, she
received a 2013 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant. She teaches
creative writing at the University of North Dakota.
Winner of the 2016 ALTA National Translation Award
"[S]triking and slippery... Tristano's philosophizing is
oak-solid, engaging, and often black-humored... Tristano is a
great admirer of Borges, and this book evokes his wordplay as well
as his eagerness to manipulate time and storytelling like taffy. An
admirable if challenging reworking of the overworked themes of
war-hero tales." — Kirkus Reviews
"Tristano muore is a dark meditation on the approach of death in
what he portrays as the difficult, even humiliating context of
Italian culture today. Sometimes bitter but also frequently
lyrical, this latest book by Tabucchi is deeply skeptical about the
power of art to console the pangs of our mortality. Nevertheless,
Tristano muore is a powerfully engaging and beautifully written
novel that may come in time to rank as one of this author's best."
-- Charles Klopp, World Literature Today
"Gorgeous if a challenge for those who want things plain, this will
please smart readers ready to applaud the energized imagination of
the late Italian master."
— Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal Reviews
More Praise for Tabucchi:
"Tabucchi's work has an almost palpable sympathy for the
oppressed." -- The New York Times
"[Tabucchi's] prose creates a deep, near-profound and sometimes
heart-wrenching nostalgia and constantly evokes the pain of
recognizing the speed of life's passing which everyone knows but
few have the strength to accept ... Wonderfully thought-provoking
and beautiful." -- Alan Cheuse, NPR's All Things Considered
"There is in Tabucchi's stories the touch of the true magician, who
astonishes us by never trying too hard for his subtle, elusive and
remarkable effects." -- The San Francisco Examiner
"The Woman of Porto Pim is one of the earliest texts in
Tabucchi's impressive oeuvre, but it reads as the work of a mature
author, one with the patience to listen to the small stories of
others and tease out their greatness." -- World Literature
Today
"The attraction here is not only a book which is laid out with
grace and elegance, the Archipelago touch, but in Tabucchi's lovely
style..." -- Oliver Morton, Ralph Mag
"What a strange and wonderful book [The Woman of Porto Pim] is! If,
like me, you are interested in shipwrecks, whales, the Azores and
the unique way in which only literature can bring a location to
life, and if you like the unclassifiable, small works by authors
such as Michael Ondaatje and Italo Calvino -- then have I got the
book for you ... Wildly inventive." -- Minneapolis
Star-Tribune
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