The Woman of Porto Pim
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| Author | Antonio Tabucchi |
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| Original title | Donna di Porto Pim |
| Translator | Tim Parks |
| Language | Italian |
| Publisher | Sellerio Editore |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Publication place | Italy |
Published in English | 1991 |
| Pages | 96 |
| ISBN | 883890233X |
The Woman of Porto Pim (Italian: Donna di Porto Pim) is a 1983 short story collection by the Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi. It revolves around the Azores archipelago, features whales and shipwrecks as metaphors, and uses fragments to express a fascination with Portuguese culture.[1]
Tim Parks' English translation was first published by Chatto & Windus in 1991 in a volume that also includes Tabucchi's short story collections Vanishing Point and The Flying Creatures of Fra Angelico. It was published in its own volume by Archipelago Books in 2013.[2][3]
The Woman of Porto Pim was one of three finalists for the 1984 Grinzane Cavour Prize for Italian fiction.[4] In 2013, Monica Seger wrote in World Literature Today that although the book is one of Tabucchi's earlier works, it reads like a work by a mature author.[1]
References
- ^ a b Seger, Monica (2013). "The Woman of Porto Pim (review)". World Literature Today. 87 (5): 77. doi:10.1353/wlt.2013.0068.
- ^ Healey, Robin (2019). Italian Literature since 1900 in English Translation 1929-2016. University of Toronto Press. p. 846. ISBN 9781487502928.
- ^ Rutherford, Ethan (18 May 2013). "Review: 'The Woman of Porto Pim,' by Antonio Tabucchi". Minnesota Star Tribune. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ Décaudin, Michel (6 July 1984). "Nathalie Sarraute prix Grinzane Cavour 1984". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 21 March 2025.