Books by David Toscana and Complete Book Reviews
David Toscana, Author , trans. from the Spanish by Patricia J. Duncan. St. Martin's/ Dunne $23.95 (244p) ISBN 978-0-312-27116-9
A group of eight stranded circus performers colonize an abandoned town in this darkly humorous and poignantly allegorical novel by Mexican writer Toscana (Tula Station). A squabble between the two founders of the Mantecón Brothers Circus, Don
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David Toscana, Author, Patricia J. Duncan, Translator Thomas Dunne Books $23.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-312-20538-6
Writing in a fusion of styles and variously indebted to Julio Cortazar, the young Carlos Fuentes, and Umberto Eco, Mexican novelist Toscana has created a text that is as intriguing as it is convoluted. A young would-be novelist, Froylan Gomez, is...
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David Toscana, Author, Asa Zatz, Translator , trans. from the Spanish by Asa Zatz. Texas Tech Univ. $26.95 (188p) ISBN 978-0-89672-664-2
In his third novel translated into English, Mexican writer Toscana (Tula Station
) dissolves the line between interior and exterior life with challenging results. In the small, drought-ridden town of Icamole, young Remigio discovers a dead girl in...
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