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Fernando Sorrentino

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in Buenos Aires, Argentina

November 08, 1942

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Fernando Sorrentino is an Argentine writer born in Buenos Aires on November 8, 1942. His works have been translated into English, Portuguese, Italian, German, French, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Bulgarian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tamil, and Kabyle. In 2006 Fernando Sorrentino published a collection of short stories entitled: "Per colpa del dottor Moreau ed altri racconti fantastici". The collection includes all his short stories translated in Italian and is published by Progetto Babele literary magazine. ...more

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Average rating: 3.63 · 1,648 ratings · 402 reviews · 104 distinct works • Similar authors

	There's a Man in the Habit of Hitting me on the Head with an Umbrella by Fernando Sorrentino, Clark Zlotsew (Translator) 3.73 avg rating — 347 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seven Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges by Fernando Sorrentino, Clark Zlotchew (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1973 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الطريقة الوحيدة لمكافحة العقارب by Fernando Sorrentino, عبد الله محمد الطيب (ترجمة), سعد البازعي (تقديم) 3.61 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	جريمة القديس ألبرتو by Fernando Sorrentino, عبد الله محمد الطيب (ترجمة) 3.56 avg rating — 57 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lesson by Fernando Sorrentino, Clark M. Zlotchew (Translator) 3.62 avg rating — 50 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Library Of Mabel Mogaburu by Fernando Sorrentino, Gustavo Artiles (Translator), Sean Barnett (Translator) 3.64 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Return by Fernando Sorrentino, Thomas C. Meehan (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mere Suggestion by Fernando Sorrentino, Clark M. Zlotchew (Translator) 3.55 avg rating — 33 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spirit of Emulation by Fernando Sorrentino, Thomas C. Meehan (Translator) 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1972	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waiting for a Resolution by Fernando Sorrentino, Susan Ashe (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2001	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Strictly speaking, I never had nor do I have projects. I simply get carried away by the circumstances. I accept the ones that seem pleasant and try to avoid the ones I don’t like… If I think of a story, and I don’t feel bothered writing it, then perfect, I write it. And if I can’t think of anything, that won’t make me commit suicide or bring me down into depression. I take literature as a pleasant activity, without deadlines or schedules, and never as a job or a burden that creates inconveniences or pains.

During certain times in my life I’ve had to carry out very unpleasant jobs (for example, I was an office worker), and for that reason I would never let literature (which is, above all, a game and a pleasure) turn out to be a job.”
― Fernando Sorrentino

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“If a cat were to give birth in an oven, would you call what she gave birth to kittens or bread?”
― Fernando Sorrentino, Seven Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges

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“Alfonso Reyes said that one published what he had written in order to avoid spending his life correcting it: one publishes a book in order to leave it behind, one publishes a book in order to forget it.”
― Fernando Sorrentino, Seven Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges

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