The Stone World - Agee, Joel
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"...In a house with a large house with a large garden, in an unnamed Mexican town, where six-and-a-half-year-old Peter reads, plays, and dreams rld is still new, not yet papered over with received knowledge. And the actual world around him is a unique on in history: a community of leftist âemigrâes who have found refuge in Mexico from the Nazi and fascist regimes of Europe, rubbing shoulders with Mexican labor activists and leftists. Even Frida Kahlo shows up at one of their gatherings. But the âemigrâes long for home-including Peter's stepfather, who wants to return to his native Germany.…mehr

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"...In a house with a large house with a large garden, in an unnamed Mexican town, where six-and-a-half-year-old Peter reads, plays, and dreams rld is still new, not yet papered over with received knowledge. And the actual world around him is a unique on in history: a community of leftist âemigrâes who have found refuge in Mexico from the Nazi and fascist regimes of Europe, rubbing shoulders with Mexican labor activists and leftists. Even Frida Kahlo shows up at one of their gatherings. But the âemigrâes long for home-including Peter's stepfather, who wants to return to his native Germany. Going back to Europe may not be safe for any of them yet, however, which gives rise to anguished discussions and arguments amongst Peter's parents and their friends. And slowly, Peter begins to comprehend that his world may be turned upside down-that he might be forced to take leave of everyone he knows: his best friend, Arâon; his father's friend Sâandor, who talks about revolution and performs magic tricks; and Zita, the family's live-in-maid, who has taught him Spanish and the consoling mysteries of prayer..."--
Autorenporträt
Joel Agee is a writer and translator. He has won numerous awards for his translation work, including the Berlin Prize of the American Academy in Berlin; the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize; and the ALTA National Translation Award, as well as fellowships form the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. His essays have appeared in Harper’s, The New Yorker, The Yale Review, and other magazines, and he is the author of two acclaimed memoirs: Twelve Years: An American Boyhood in East Germany and In the House of My Fear. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.