Sanitarios Centenarios

by Fernando Sorrentino

English, Spanish (translation)

Genres: Short Stories

Paperback

First published October 1, 1988

About the author

Fernando Sorrentino is an Argentine writer born in Buenos Aires on November 8, 1942. His works have been translated into English, Portuguese, Italian, German, French, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Bulgarian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tamil, and Kabyle. In 2006 Fernando Sorrentino published a collection of short stories entitled: "Per colpa del dottor Moreau ed altri racconti fantastici". The collection includes all his short stories translated in Italian and is published by Progetto Babele literary magazine.

Reviews

[Ralph Silberman · Rating 4 out of 5]

I only very recently discovered this Argentinian successor to Borges. Some quite amusing stuff, although judging from this scholarly translation, very literary with a lot of allusions to both historical and cultural references that most of us are going to have no idea of.

[Patrick Healy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sarcastic and angry, this book of humor was what I was needed. Kind of gives the finger to a lot of people. Take your time with this one. Some of the footnotes are wonderful digressions for readers who want more.