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020			_a9781939810151
040			_aKenya National Library Service
082			_a853.914 TAB
100			_aTabucchi, Antonio, _eauthor.
245			_aMessage from the shadows : _bstories / _cAntonio Tabucchi ; translated from the Italian by Anne Milano Appel, Martha Cooley, Frances Frenaye, Elizabeth Harris, Tim Parks, Antonio Romani, and Janice M. Thresher.
250			_aFirst Archipelago Books edition.
300			_a317 pages ; _c17 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aThese twenty-three timeless stories in Message from the Shadows sift through Antonio Tabucchi's shadow world. Here, characters step into new dreams with ease, open their mouths to swallow the sky, and idle whales ponder the fragile state of mankind. At times, Tabucchi's world spins toward a single fate: a young boy's lament is said to gather eels to the shore, or a woman in a cotton dress sings, 'I was left with a handful of air' and a young man follows her curious echo. In crackling, tender prose, Tabucchi illuminates the small joys and laments of ordinary people. In these stories, time staggers, straddling the narrow gap between dream and reality. With each brilliant glimpse, we find ourselves examining trees, evening shadows, train journeys, and wrinkled faces of a shared world with fresh eyes.
650			_a Short stories, Italian _v Translations into English.
700			_aAppel, Anne Milano, _etranslator.
700			_a Cooley, Martha, _etranslator.
700			_aFrenaye, Frances, _etranslator.
700			_aHarris, Elizabeth, _etranslator.
700			_a Parks, Tim, _etranslator.
700			_aRomani, Antonio, _etranslator.
700			_aThresher, Janice M., _etranslator.
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