A Talisman in the Darkness by Olga Orozco

Olga Orozco (1920≡999) is considered to be one of the major Argentine writers of the twentieth century. This collection introduces readers to the hallucinatory yet lucid world that Olga Orozco's young narrator, Lía, inhabits and animates with her prodigious imagination and the reality of small-town life on the Argentine plains in the 1920s. The translators provide an excellent introduction to Orozco's haunting and illuminating saga of childhood on the Argentine pampa.' Marjorie Agosin, Wellesley College This wise selection of stories reveals Orozco's lyrical, as well as mysterious, prose. 'This is a gem of a collection of Olga Orozco stories, beautifully rendered into English. Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J. By AUTHOR Jane Austen Eric Carle Lewis Carroll Roald Dahl Charles Dickens Sydney Hanson C.Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games By POPULAR SERIES Chronicles of Narnia Curious Geoge Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fancy Nancy Harry Potter I Survived If You Give.By TOPIC Award Winning Books African American Children's Books Biography & Autobiography Books for Boys Books for Girls Diversity & Inclusion Foreign Language & Bilingual Books Hispanic & Latino Children's Books Holidays & Celebrations Holocaust Books Juvenile Nonfiction New York Times Bestsellers Professional Development Reference Books Test Prep.By GRADE Elementary School Middle School High Schoolīy AGE Board Books (newborn to age 3) Early Childhood Readers (ages 4-8) Children's Picture Books (ages 3-8) Juvenile Fiction (ages 8-12) Young Adult Fiction (ages 12+).BESTSELLERS in EDUCATION Shop All Education Books.Though a poetic strain overwhelms the collection as a whole, this is a valuable introduction to a writer whose work deserves a wider audience.

Orozco captures Lía’s timorousness, Laura’s abiding love for her, and the heated, naïve passion of a children’s ritual with vivid and compassionate prose. When Lía’s wish-which is shyly romantic-is in danger of being exposed, her sister, normally contrary and aloof, rescues her with a clever, unexpected gesture. John’s Day Bonfire,” Lía, her sisters Laura, María de las Nieves, and friends from the neighborhood make wishes while leaping a bonfire. Because most stories lack a traditional arc and are given to long patches of dreamlike imagery, they can feel monotonous, but when there’s a definite structure, the power of Orozco’s prose is apparent. The offstage death of Lía’s brother in the early story “And Still the Wheel,” haunts Lía throughout the book, fueling her sense of wonder and fear of the unknown. Culled from two previous collections written 28 years apart, the first English translation of Argentine poet Orozco’s short fiction pulses with surreal imagery in stories seen through the innocent eyes of Lía, the author’s autobiographical stand-in.

A Talisman in the Darkness by Olga Orozco