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The Postman (Il Postino): A Novel (Paperback)

The Postman  (Il Postino): A Novel By Antonio Skármeta, Katherine Silver (Translated by) Cover Image
By Antonio Skármeta, Katherine Silver (Translated by)
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"A jewel of a story."—The New Yorker


The unforgettable inspiration for the Academy Award–winning Il Postino, this classic novel established Antonio Skármeta’s reputation as “one of the most representative authors of the post-boom generation in contemporary Latin American letters” (Christian Science Monitor). Boisterously funny and passionate, The Postman tells of young love ignited by the poetry of Pablo Neruda. Set in the colorful, ebullient years preceding the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, the book has been translated into nearly twenty-five languages around the world.

About the Author


Antonio Skármeta achieved worldwide renown with The Postman (Il Postino). His fiction has since received dozens of awards and has been translated into nearly thirty languages worldwide. He lives in Santiago, Chile.


Katherine Silver's award-winning translations include works by María Sonia Cristoff, Daniel Sada, César Aira, Julio Cortázar, Juan Carlos Onetti, and Julio Ramón Ribeyro. The author of Echo Under Story, she volunteers as an interpreter for asylum seekers.


Product Details
ISBN: 9780393330397
ISBN-10: 0393330397
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: February 17th, 2008
Pages: 128
Language: English