Lisbon Tales, Paperback/Helen Constantine

Lisbon has been an extraordinary city for well over a thousand years, rendering it a place of great historical and contemporary interest. The combination of cultural influences in Lisbon -- Arabian, African, and European -- and the city's identity as a great seafaring stronghold, has granted it a unique and spirited legacy. Lisbon Tales reflects this legacy in its literary selections. From famous names to new voices, Lisbon Tales describes a city in continuous and vibrant change. About the Author: Helen Constantine is general editor of the City Tales series for OUP. Her translations include Mademoiselle de Maupin by Th ophile Gautier (Penguin); Dangerous Liaisons by Choderlos de Laclos (Penguin); and The Wild Ass's Skin by Balzac , The Conquest of Plassans and A Love Story by Zola, and Flaubert's Sentimental Education , all for OUP. She formerly co-edited the magazine Modern Poetry in Translation with her husband, the writer David Constantine. Amanda Hopkinson is a literary translator, former Director of the British Centre for Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia, and Professor of Literary Translation at City, University of London.