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Author:

Barba, Andrés, 1975- author.

Title:

The right intention / Andrés Barba ; translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman.

Publisher:

Transit Books,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

277 pages ; 20 cm

Subject:

Spanish fiction--20th century.
Teenagers--Fiction.
Marriage--Fiction.
Runners (Sports)--Fiction.
Long-distance runners--Fiction.
Male long-distance runners--Fiction.
Short stories.
Spanish fiction.

Other Authors:

Dillman, Lisa, translator.

Other Titles:

Recta intención. English

Notes:

"Originally published in Spanish by Editorial Anagrama S.A. ; ©2002"--Title page verso. "Nothing is simple for the men and women in Andrés Barba's stories. As they go about their lives, they are each tested by a single, destructive obsession. A runner puts his marriage at risk while training for a marathon; a teenager can no longer stand the sight of meat following her parents' divorce; a man suddenly fixates on the age difference between him and his younger male lover. In four tightly wound novellas, Andrés Barba establishes himself as a master of the form"--Amazon.com.

Contents:

Nocturne -- Debilitation -- Marathon -- Descent.

Summary:

"Nothing is simple for the men and women in Andrés Barba's stories. As they go about their lives, they are each tested by a single, destructive obsession. A runner puts his marriage at risk while training for a marathon; a teenager can no longer stand the sight of meat following her parents' divorce; a man suddenly fixates on the age difference between him and his younger male lover. In four tightly wound novellas, Andrés Barba establishes himself as a master of the form"--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

1945492066
9781945492068

OCLC:

(OCoLC)974698313

LCCN:

2018930165

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)