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Madrid Tales
Helen Constantine

ISBN10: 0199583277 ISBN13: 9780199583270
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 26 Apr 2012
The buzzing life of bars, warm evenings by the Manzanares river, the subterranean terrors of the Metro, student days in the sixties, the ruthless underworld of the city's mafia - this captivating anthology reflects the kaleidoscopic character of... More

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Rome Tales
Helen Constantine

ISBN10: 0199572461 ISBN13: 9780199572465
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 14 Jul 2011
In ways no guide book can achieve, these twenty absorbing tales by Italian authors including Boccaccio, Giacomo Casanova, and Pier-Paolo Pasolini offer the delight of exploring one of the world's most unique cities thorough a wide variety of... More

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Paris Metro Tales
Helen Constantine

ISBN10: 0199579806 ISBN13: 9780199579808
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 24 Mar 2011
Twenty-two translated short stories take the reader on a journey around Paris by metro. From the 15th-century account of Saint Genevieve, patron saint of Paris, through Zola and Maupassant, to Martine Delerm in the 20th century, each tale evokes a... More

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Berlin Tales
, Helen Constantine

ISBN10: 0199559384 ISBN13: 9780199559381
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 25 Jun 2009
Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this attractive collection of translated stories evokes the many transformations the city has undergone. Including both well-known and new writers, the book will appeal to people who love travelling... More

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Parnassus
David Constantine, Helen Constantine

ISBN10: 0955906490 ISBN13: 9780955906497
Publisher: Modern Poetry in Translation
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 25 Apr 2012
Presents a selection of translations of the poems by the poets from various participating countries in the 2012 London Olympics. This issue will be largely given over to a collaboration with 'Poetry Parnassus' - the Southbank Centre's... More

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ISBN: 9780140449570 - Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons
Choderlos de Laclos Helen Constantine

ISBN10: 0140449574 ISBN13: 9780140449570
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Penguin Classics
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 22 Feb 2007
For the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont seduction is a game - the former lovers relish manipulating others to bring amusement to their jaded existences. While Valmont is determined to succeed in his conquest of a virtuous married... More

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Transplants
David J Constantine, Helen Constantine

ISBN10: 095590644X ISBN13: 9780955906442
Publisher: Modern Poetry in Translation
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 30 Apr 2010
Translation can be thought of as the transplanting of a living thing out of its native time and place into somewhere foreign. There it may thrive or die. In this issue of MPT, the authors show many of the ways and means by which a literary... More

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ISBN: 9780955906480 - The Dialect of the Tribe

The Dialect of the Tribe
David J Constantine, Helen Constantine

ISBN10: 0955906482 ISBN13: 9780955906480
Publisher: Modern Poetry in Translation
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10 Oct 2011
This issue examines so-called 'minority' languages from as many points of view as possible: causes for lament, anger and revolt, but also for celebration - worldwide and perennial. What is the role of language in the struggle for 'self identity'? More

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French Tales
Helen Constantine

ISBN10: 0199217483 ISBN13: 9780199217489
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 10 Jul 2008
This captivating collection of twenty-two translated stories - one connected with each region - gives us a panoramic view of French society and culture, in all its variety and diversity, from Brittany to Corsica. Through topics as diverse as... More

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Polyphony
David J Constantine, Helen Constantine

ISBN10: 0955906458 ISBN13: 9780955906459
Publisher: Modern Poetry in Translation
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 Oct 2010
'Polyphony' is concerned with voices: the local, the foreign, the native, the acquired - and the strange hybrids that come into being when the language of home is crossed with that of abroad. 'Polyphony' is concerned with voices: the local... More

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