"One of Mexico's most culturally complex and composite writers." —
Publishers Weekly
From the renowned Mexican literary master and author of the
Trilogy of Memory
(Deep Vellum) comes
Mephisto's Waltz
, bringing together the best short stories from celebrated writer Sergio Pitol's oeuvre. The Xavier Villaurrutia award-winning collection includes the titular story, Pitol's personal favorite. Selected by the author, each story is a glimpse into the works that first gained Pitol his status as one of the greatest living Mexican writers and showcases the evolution of his unique literary style.
Sergio Pitol
(1933-2018) was one of Mexico's foremost writers and winner of the prestigious 2005 Cervantes Prize. He is the author of the three books in the Trilogy of Memory series:
The Art of Flight
,
The Journey
, and
The Magician of Vienna
, published in English by Deep Vellum. He is renowned for his intellectual career in both the fields of literary creation and translation.