A Bag of Stories

by Edla Van Steen, David George (Translator, Introduction)

Edla van Steen's intriguing gallery of characters often reflects the twists and turns of her own life and multifaceted career: short story writer, novelist, playwright, translator, scriptwriter, actor, radio announcer, journalist, and promoter of painting and sculpture. Her stories are filled with dramaturgical scenarios and stageworthy monologues and dialogues and at every turn evoke the touch and feel of canvas, collage, and sculpted wood, stone, and metal. The author brings to her fiction the poet's love of language and unexpected visions of human behavior. Her stories are tightly structured and densely layered compositions packed with striking images, unexpected twists, and tantalizing puzzles.

Genres: Short Stories

174 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1991

About the author

Edla Van Steen (Florianópolis, 12 de julho de 1936 - São Paulo, 6 de abril de 2018) foi uma escritora brasileira com mais de vinte livros publicados, entre contos, romances, entrevistas, peças de teatro e livros de arte.[1]

Têm vários prêmios nas áreas de cinema, teatro e literatura. Tem quatro livros publicados nos Estados Unidos, com excelentes críticas no Washington Post Book World, Kirkus Reviews e Publishers Weekly, entre outros.

Foi casada com o crítico teatral Sábato Magaldi, morto em 14 de julho de 2016.[2]Edla morreu em 6 de abril de 2018, aos 81 anos, de causas não reveladas, tendo a morte anunciada por sua filha Lea.

Reviews

[Jonathan yates · Rating 5 out of 5]

I find it peculiar that this book/writer seems to be completely unknown as it’s pretty amazing, dark and humorous short stories that play with perspectives very playfully, it feels ahead of its time and here we are the third review and the first person who liked it. Someone else give it a shot!