Strange Pilgrims (Penguin International Writers S.)

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Summary: Funny, ferocious, moving
Review: Twelve short stories presenting a variety of strange character. There is a former President who is proud to have been long forgotten. Margarito Duarte with his desperate quest to meet the Pope so that he can show him the corpse of his holy daughter. A passenger desperately wanting to talk to a dazzling but sleeping woman on a flight from Paris to New York. Frau Frieda whose profession it is to dream. The Venezuelan writer who owns a haunted castle near Arezzo. Maria dos Prazeres wishes to be buried in a place high above water level. Prudencia Linero has sworn to God to wear a bizarre costume till her death if she is given the opportunity to speak to the Pope. A porter driven crazy by the Tramontane wind in Cadaques. The suicide of Mrs Forbes, a perverse old lady. A group of children drowning for failing to master the "art of navigating in the light". And finally the sinister trip of Nena Daconte and Billy Sanchez from Madrid to Paris.

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Summary: So García Márquez writes in English now...
Review: Where is the name of the translator anywhere in this listing or the excerpted pages? Is it the great Gregory Rabassa, recipient of a lifetime achievement award from PEN? Or someone else? ¡Ayúdame, por favor!