The Woman of Porto Pim

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The Woman of Porto Pim
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Author Antonio Tabucchi
Original titleDonna di Porto Pim
Translator Tim Parks
LanguageItalian
Publisher Sellerio Editore
Publication date
1983
Publication placeItaly
Published in English
1991
Pages96
ISBN 883890233X

The Woman of Porto Pim (Italian : Donna di Porto Pim) is a 1983 short story collection by the Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi. It revolves around the Azores archipelago, features whales and shipwrecks as metaphors, and uses fragments to express a fascination with Portuguese culture. [1]

Tim Parks' English translation was first published by Chatto & Windus in 1991 in a volume that also includes Tabucchi's short story collections Vanishing Point and The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico . It was published in its own volume by Archipelago Books in 2013. [2] [3]

The Woman of Porto Pim was one of three finalists for the 1984 Grinzane Cavour Prize for Italian fiction. [4] In 2013, Monica Seger wrote in World Literature Today that although the book is one of Tabucchi's earlier works, it reads like a work by a mature author. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Seger, Monica (2013). "The Woman of Porto Pim (review)". World Literature Today . 87 (5): 77. doi: 10.1353/wlt.2013.0068 .
  2. ↑ Healey, Robin (2019). Italian Literature since 1900 in English Translation 1929-2016. University of Toronto Press. p. 846. ISBN   9781487502928.
  3. ↑ Rutherford, Ethan (18 May 2013). "Review: 'The Woman of Porto Pim,' by Antonio Tabucchi". Minnesota Star Tribune . Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  4. ↑ Décaudin, Michel (6 July 1984). "Nathalie Sarraute prix Grinzane Cavour 1984" . Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 21 March 2025.
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