FIRE IN CASABINDO
Hector Tizon
Translated by Miriam Frank
Fire in Casabindo follows the wanderings of a one-eyed man, mortally wounded in battle in 1875, who, according to local custom goes in search of his killer in order to free his soul and find peace.
'Tizon's cool, limpid Andean-Spanish - perhaps the most memorable feature of his writing and rendered effectively here by Miriam Frank - may reflect his legal background, while the vivid evocation of his region surely betrays the love of home of one who has travelled widely.'
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