Fario: 74 books
by Heinrich von Kleist
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2012
A lone Prussian cavalryman, a straggler from a routed army, fortifies himself with drink and sets off after three armed Frenchmen with no thought for his own safety.Translated from German (2012) by Juan LePuenGenre: anecdoteLength: 775 words
by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, Juan LePuen
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
"'Now, you’ve played cards with so many people, but only once, a long time ago, have you played with me, écarté. Isn’t écarté the name of that game you taught me? Let’s play a game.' Xavier started laughing." So says Dona Paula to her husband Xavier before...
by Oskar Panizza
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2012
Fritz is the son of a Protestant minister whose church is in a village of eight hundred people. He will discover his life's calling when, having moved to the big city for high school, he sees an astonishing sight in the window of a shop just off a large square.
Genre: short story
Length: 7,600 words
Translated from German by Juan LePuen (2012)
by Marià Vayreda
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
From the mountainous hinterlands of Catalonia comes the harrowing tale of a veteran of the Carlist Wars who survives his own execution by firing squad. When he returns from his journey to the hereafter, he is a changed man, known to all of his acquaintances as L'Afusellat--the man who was shot.Translated...