Antipodes

Stories

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Literary
Cover of the book Antipodes by Ignacio Padilla, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Ignacio Padilla ISBN: 9781429922944
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication: June 1, 2005
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Language: English
Author: Ignacio Padilla
ISBN: 9781429922944
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication: June 1, 2005
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Language: English

From the author of the award-winning novel Shadow Without a Name, comes Antipodes, the first collection of his short fiction to be translated into English. This lively, eclectic, and highly imaginative volume spans time, place, and culture as the narratives move from the scorching heat of the Gobi desert to the glacial heights of Mount Everest.

Here, among others, are the stories of a great Scottish engineer, left to die in the middle of the desert, who is rescued by a tribe of nomads and inspires them to build an exact replica of the city of Edinburgh in the dunes; of a dying, cross-dressing pilot who allegedly climbs Mount Everest and then mysteriously disappears; of an English colonel who swears on his life to make the trains in Zambezi run on time, only to be forced to honor his word when they are always ten minutes late; of a monk who conjures the devil to prove the devil's existence; and of a young administrator of a psychiatric hospital who is appalled by the treatment of the patients, and devises his own bizarre solution.

Based on history, legend and an awe-inspiring power of invention, Antipodes delights, terrifies, and entrances.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

From the author of the award-winning novel Shadow Without a Name, comes Antipodes, the first collection of his short fiction to be translated into English. This lively, eclectic, and highly imaginative volume spans time, place, and culture as the narratives move from the scorching heat of the Gobi desert to the glacial heights of Mount Everest.

Here, among others, are the stories of a great Scottish engineer, left to die in the middle of the desert, who is rescued by a tribe of nomads and inspires them to build an exact replica of the city of Edinburgh in the dunes; of a dying, cross-dressing pilot who allegedly climbs Mount Everest and then mysteriously disappears; of an English colonel who swears on his life to make the trains in Zambezi run on time, only to be forced to honor his word when they are always ten minutes late; of a monk who conjures the devil to prove the devil's existence; and of a young administrator of a psychiatric hospital who is appalled by the treatment of the patients, and devises his own bizarre solution.

Based on history, legend and an awe-inspiring power of invention, Antipodes delights, terrifies, and entrances.

More books from Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Cover of the book The Red Swan by Ignacio Padilla
Cover of the book The Summer of Owen Todd by Ignacio Padilla
Cover of the book All But My Life by Ignacio Padilla
Cover of the book The Atomic Bazaar by Ignacio Padilla
Cover of the book Live from the Hong Kong Nile Club by Ignacio Padilla
Cover of the book Wise Blood by Ignacio Padilla
Cover of the book Hunger by Ignacio Padilla
Cover of the book The Moral Obligation to Be Intelligent by Ignacio Padilla
Cover of the book Trick or Treat, Pout-Pout Fish by Ignacio Padilla
Cover of the book Underground by Ignacio Padilla
Cover of the book Beethoven in Paradise by Ignacio Padilla
Cover of the book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Ignacio Padilla
Cover of the book In Her Skin by Ignacio Padilla
Cover of the book The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Ignacio Padilla
Cover of the book The Corps of the Bare-Boned Plane by Ignacio Padilla
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy