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Cuentos completos (Full Stories)
by Hebe Uhart
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Hebe Uhart (Moreno, Buenos Aires Province, 1936–Buenos Aires, 2018) spent a life-time in writing and publishing. She developed a body of work that embodies a way of looking, of being and of being in the world. Uhart’s is the kind of writer that opens itself up to an awed wonder at the mysteries of the world, relationships, growth and decay, change. There is no solemnity or simplicity in her narratives, but a keen, penetrating intelligence, without sarcasm, never patronising and always bathed in understanding and kindness: a kind of primordial egalitarianism where anything, any being, becomes thought-provoking and is worthy of attention. Her ever-present humour is that of someone who deeply experiences a moment of discovery and moves on to the next. Hebe Uhart tells us what she sees and hears, and an important area of her work is bound up with her experience; with the biography of a girl descended from Italians and Basques and raised in Moreno, a small town in Buenos Aires Province; an unhappy teenager, a young teacher in a small-town school and a student of Philosophy in the capital, Buenos Aires. But her style of narrating experience is a long way from the ‘literature of self’ or ‘autofiction’ as practiced today. This painstaking exploration of her own history, her family and her closest bonds is also tied to her relationships with everyday objects and activities. Her narratives are also open to other areas of experience: jobs, social life, discussions on various subjects, friendships and couples, the plant and animal realms, domestic routines and travel.
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A selection of Hebe Uhart's stories has been translated into English by Archipelago Books.
Also, some of her chronicles have been translated into Portuguese and will soon be published by Editora Roça Nova.
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Author Biography
Hebe Uhart was born in Moreno, Buenos Aires. She studied Philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires. She worked as an elementary, highschool and university teacher and collaborated with the cultural supplement of the newspaper El País de Montevideo. She wrote travel notes and chronicles of different characters and situations. She published, among other titles, the story Memorias de un pigmeo (1992), the story books La luz de un nuevo día (1983) and Guiando la hiedra (1997); the novel Camilo asciende (1987) and the short novel Mudanzas (1995). Adriana Hidalgo editora has published Del cielo a casa (2003), Turistas (2008) and the travel chronicles Viajera crónica (2011), Visto y oído (2012), Desde la Patagonia a Mexico (2015), De aquí para allá (2016) and Animales (2017). In 2018 Adriana Hidalgo editora began the project to publish the complete work of the author, starting with Novelas completas (Full novels) (2018), continuing with the publication of the Cuentos completos (Full stories (2019), and ending with the volume of Crónicas completas (Full Chronicles) (2020). In 2017 Hebe Uhart received the Manuel Rojas Ibero-American Narrative Prize to the literary career, granted by the State of Chile, one of the greatest recognitions in the Spanish language. In 2018 she passed away in Buenos Aires.
Adriana Hidalgo editora
Adriana Hidalgo editora is one of the most prestigious publishing houses in Argentina, with great recognition in Latin America and Spain. Founded in 1999, it specializes in literature, essays, philosophy, art and illustrated books. It publishes both argentine and translated authors. Its catalogue currently holds more than 400 titles and it stands out for its literary profile and for the constant discovery of new authors. In 2009, and with our publishing house’s 10th year’s anniversary, Pípala was created: an illustrated book’s imprint of Adriana Hidalgo editora Pípala is now an independent imprint for illustrated books for both children and adults, based on a powerful catalogue that is in permanent development. It publishes translated works from all over the world (Corea, France, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, etc.) as well as original works in Spanish from Latin American and Spanish writers and illustrators.
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- Publisher Adriana Hidalgo editora
- Publication Date April 2019
- Orginal LanguageSpanish
- ISBN/Identifier 9789874159656
- Publication Country or regionArgentina
- FormatPaperback
- Pages784
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleCuentos completos
- Original Language AuthorsHebe Uhart
- Edition1
- Copyright Year2019
- Dimensions230 x 250 mm
- Reference Code9789874159656
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