Nine Stories

Resumen del libro

A carefully curated selection of stories from one of the foremothers of 20th-century literature and feminist thought (The New York Times), known for her deep emotional acuity and nuanced depictions of women

Today, Kate Chopin is widely considered a pioneering and influential feminist voice in American letters. Her fiction, though not embraced in her day, has endured into our own, and grapples with fundamental questions of marriage, sexuality, race, and the role of women in a modern society. The nine stories collected here elaborate on Chopin's timeless themes while evoking the rich Louisiana setting so often featured in her work.

Biografía del autor

Kate Chopin (1850-1904) forma parte del reducido grupo de escritoras que empezaron a dar voz propia a la mujer en la literatura moderna y cuya valía a menudo se ha visto oscurecida por la censura o el escándalo. Completan el volumen importantes relatos ( En el baile acadiano , Una mujer respetable , Fedora , El niño de Désirée , La historia de una hora , Lilas , Athénaïse , Un par de medias de seda , La tormenta ) que ofrecen una panorámica completa de las preocupaciones y el mundo de la autora.