Severina (Rey Rosa)

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Severina
First edition (Spanish)
AuthorRodrigo Rey Rosa
Original titleSeverina
TranslatorChris Andrews
LanguageSpanish
PublisherAlfaguara
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pagesxvi, 87
ISBN9780300196092

Severina is a novella by Guatemalan writer Rodrigo Rey Rosa, originally published in 2011. The work is written using the first person narrative mode and is dedicated to Beatriz Zamora.

Plot summary[edit]

The story is told from the point of view of a bookseller who finds himself romantically drawn to a young woman he catches stealing books from La Entretenida, the bookstore where he works.

English translations[edit]

Severina has been translated, with an introduction, into English once by Chris Andrews for Yale University Press's Margellos World Republic of Letters series.

References[edit]

Rey Rosa, Rodrigo: Severina. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014.