Divine Punishment
Sergio Ramirez
(Author)
Nick Caistor
(Translator)
Description
Divine Punishment by Sergio Ramirez, originally published in Spanish in 1988 as Castigo Divino, translated by Nick Caistor, with Hebe Powell, in its first English language edition.
Product Details
Price
$30.00
$27.90
Publisher
McPherson
Publish Date
May 06, 2015
Pages
512
Dimensions
5.9 X 8.5 X 1.5 inches | 1.7 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781620540145
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About the Author
Currently living in exile in Spain, Sergio Ramírez was born in Masatepe, Nicaragua in 1942. Sergio Ramírez is the author of forty books, ten of which have been translated into English. He has received Spain's Dashiel Hammet Award, France's Laure Bataillon Award, Cuba's José María Arguedas Latinamerican Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Alfaguara International Novel Award. A Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres of France, and a doctor honoris causa of Blaise Pascal University (France), he is also recipient of the International Prize for Human Rights awarded by the Bruno Kreisky Foundation, and the Order of Merit of the Federal Government of Germany
Reviews
"Set in the Nicaraguan city of Leon in the 1930s, and based on a true story, it concerns the case of Oliverio Castaneda, a young charmer and social climber accused of killing neighbors, patrons, and lovers by poisoning. ... Hilarious, riveting, beautifully constructed and written." -- Dan Bellm "PEN"
..". Rami?rez extends Flaubert's techniques to a whole society, which becomes a true microcosm of Central America... Between the fullness of comedy and the imminence of tragedy, Sergio Rami?rez has written the great novel of Central America -- the novel that it was necessary to have..." -- Carlos Fuentes "--"
Between the fullness of comedy and the imminence of tragedy, Sergio Ram rez has written the great novel of Central America the novel that it was necessary to have in order to reach an intimacy with its peoples, to visit the edge between their traditional recalcitrance and their potential for renewal. . . -- Carlos Fuentes "-----"
"As with the works of Henry James, Divine Punishment is an epic of consciousness. But unlike them, the consciousness stirred here is not individual but collective ... Sergio Ram rez draws one of the most formidable portraits of bourgeois hypocrisy ever written in Latin America ..." -- Tom s Eloy Mart nez "----------"
..". Rami?rez extends Flaubert's techniques to a whole society, which becomes a true microcosm of Central America... Between the fullness of comedy and the imminence of tragedy, Sergio Rami?rez has written the great novel of Central America -- the novel that it was necessary to have..." -- Carlos Fuentes "--"
Between the fullness of comedy and the imminence of tragedy, Sergio Ram rez has written the great novel of Central America the novel that it was necessary to have in order to reach an intimacy with its peoples, to visit the edge between their traditional recalcitrance and their potential for renewal. . . -- Carlos Fuentes "-----"
"As with the works of Henry James, Divine Punishment is an epic of consciousness. But unlike them, the consciousness stirred here is not individual but collective ... Sergio Ram rez draws one of the most formidable portraits of bourgeois hypocrisy ever written in Latin America ..." -- Tom s Eloy Mart nez "----------"
