Daniel Hahn; Margarita Valencia
Lunatics, Lovers and Poets: Twelve Stories After Cervantes and Shakespeare
High Wycombe; Los Angeles, And Other Stories; Hay Festival of Literature & the Arts Ltd. 2016. Paperback. A collection of original short stories written by twelve contemporary international authors, signed by ten. Introduced by Salman Rushdie. A very pleasing copy of Lunatics, Lovers and Poets: Twelve Stories after Cervantes and Shakespeare. Edited by Daniel Hahn and Margarita Valencia, and introduced by popular author Salman Rushdie, this anthology of short stories was put together to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the deaths of Miguel De Cervantes and William Shakespeare. It includes previously unpublished works by twelve contemporary international authors. Six English-speaking authors have taken inspiration from Cervantes and his work, while six Spanish-language authors have written stories inspired by Shakespeare.This copy includes the signatures of Salman Rushdie, Ben Okri, Kamila Shamsie, Yuri Herrera, Marcos Giralt Torrente, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Vicente Molina Foix, Nell Leyshon, Rhidian Brook, and Valeria Luiselli.Contributing to this publication are Ben Okri, Deborah Levy, Kamila Shamsie, Yuri Herrera, Marcos Giralt Torrente, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Hisham Matar, Vicente Molina Foix, Soledad Puértolas, Nell Leyshon, Rhidian Brook, and Valeria Luiselli. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally, excellent with faint crease to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Loosely added are pictures of Salman Rushdie, Ben Okri, Yuri Herrera, Marcos Giralt Torrente, Vicente Molina Foix, Nell Leyshon and Rhidian Brook signing the book. Pages are bright and clean. M. G. Torrente, Y. Herrera and B. Okri's signatures to half title page and S. Rushdie, K. Shamsie, J. G. Vásquez, V. M. Foix, N. Leyshon, R. Brook, and V. Luiselli's signatures under respective story titles. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

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