The Education of Joshua Chastain is the fictionalized memoir of a Mormon gay boy who grows up in a small LDS settlement in northern Arizona, a kind of Mormon shtetl. Centered mostly on Josh’s teenage years in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the novel tells how Josh discovers his sexuality, has several sexual affairs as a teenager (including one with a Roman Catholic priest), and endures verbal and occasional physical abuse from both high school teachers and classmates.
The Invention of Argentina was published in 1991 by the University of California Press. A Spanish translation was published in Argentina by EMECE/Planeta in 1993, translated by the distinguished Argentine novelist, César Aira. With the slightly expanded title of La invención de la Argentina: Historia de una Idea, the Spanish edition was updated, corrected, and somewhat expanded in 2005.
La traducción al español de “The Invention of Argentina” fue publicada en la Argentina en 1993 bajo el título algo expandido de “La invención de la Argentina: historia de una idea.” Traducida por el eminente novelista César Aira, la versión en español fue corregida y algo aumentada en 2005. En 2023, EMECE publicó una nueva edición para conmemorar el trigésimo aniversario de la primera edición en castellano.
Written and published in Spanish 2012, this book consists of a series of original essays. The first is an autobiographical account of Shumway’s ongoing dialogue with Argentina since his first visit in 1975. The autobiographical essay recounts numerous personal experiences and comments at length on political and economic challenges facing the country.
The Invention of Argentina was published in 1991 by the University of California Press. A Spanish translation was published in Argentina by EMECE/Planeta in 1993, translated by the distinguished Argentine novelist, César Aira. With the slightly expanded title of La invención de la Argentina: Historia de una Idea, the Spanish edition was updated, corrected, and somewhat expanded in 2005.
