Severina (Rey Rosa)

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.

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

Plot summary

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

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

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


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