Severina (novella)

For other uses, see Severina.
Severina
Author Rodrigo Rey Rosa
Original title Severina
Translator Chris Andrews
Language Spanish
Publisher Yale University Press
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages xvi, 87
ISBN 9780300196092

Severina is the title of a novella by Guatemalan writer Rodrigo Rey Rosa, originally published in 2011. The work is written using the first person narrative mode, and is dedicated to Beatriz Zamora.

Plot summary

The story is told from the point of view of a bookseller who finds himself romantically drawn to a young woman he catches stealing books from La Entretenida, the bookstore where he works.

English translations

Severina has been translated, with an introduction, into English once by Chris Andrews for Yale University Press's Margellos World Republic of Letters series.

References

Rey Rosa, Rodrigo: Severina. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014.


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