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'The short stories in So Much Smoke owe much to Félix Calvino’s own experiences as a migrant who moved from the Galicia region of Spain to Australia, a country and culture radically different from the peasant village he left behind. The majority of the stories chronicle the hardships and small joys of village life, while the Australian stories tell of the migrant experience in which all that is known is forfeited in the search for material security.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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A Feast in the Details/So Much Smoke
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 31 no. 2 2017; (p. 447=448)
— Review of So Much Smoke 2016 selected work short story'A connection to Spain and its land is also played out through food, as characters pull ingredients from just outside their homes and consume such regional fare as jamón serrano (8) and aguardiente (9), each representing one of the few instances of Spanish language in the text. " The Dream Girl" focuses a great deal on the protagonist's growing love of reading and his writing aspirations. [...]The Dream Girl" has the opportunity to bring a fresh perspective to the artist's narrative with its focus on language; the Galician-speaking protagonist is forced to negotiate Spain's desire to homogenize the country's language.' (Publication abstract)
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So Much Smoke : La experiencia migratoria de Félix Calvino a través de la nostalgia autobiográfica y la elaboración literaria de la vida cotidiana
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodas , no. 28 2017; (p. 131-142) -
An Absence of Noise : Stephanie Buckle’s Habits of Silence and Félix Calvino’s So Much Smoke
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Verity La , October 2017;
— Review of So Much Smoke 2016 selected work short story ; Habits of Silence 2017 selected work short story -
[Review Essay] So Much Smoke
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: StylusLit , March no. 1 2017; 'Félix Calvino’s So Much Smoke occupies a liminal space between the old world of village life in the Spanish pastoral region of Galicia and the new world of Sydney in the 1970s. This is familiar territory for Calvino, who wrote the short story collection A Hatful of Cherries (2011) and the novella Alfonso (2013), both of which examine the Spanish migrant experience in Australia.' (Introduction) -
Felix Calvino’s Lost Galicia
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2016;
— Review of So Much Smoke 2016 selected work short story
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Felix Calvino’s Lost Galicia
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2016;
— Review of So Much Smoke 2016 selected work short story -
An Absence of Noise : Stephanie Buckle’s Habits of Silence and Félix Calvino’s So Much Smoke
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Verity La , October 2017;
— Review of So Much Smoke 2016 selected work short story ; Habits of Silence 2017 selected work short story -
A Feast in the Details/So Much Smoke
2017
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 31 no. 2 2017; (p. 447=448)
— Review of So Much Smoke 2016 selected work short story'A connection to Spain and its land is also played out through food, as characters pull ingredients from just outside their homes and consume such regional fare as jamón serrano (8) and aguardiente (9), each representing one of the few instances of Spanish language in the text. " The Dream Girl" focuses a great deal on the protagonist's growing love of reading and his writing aspirations. [...]The Dream Girl" has the opportunity to bring a fresh perspective to the artist's narrative with its focus on language; the Galician-speaking protagonist is forced to negotiate Spain's desire to homogenize the country's language.' (Publication abstract)
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[Review Essay] So Much Smoke
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: StylusLit , March no. 1 2017; 'Félix Calvino’s So Much Smoke occupies a liminal space between the old world of village life in the Spanish pastoral region of Galicia and the new world of Sydney in the 1970s. This is familiar territory for Calvino, who wrote the short story collection A Hatful of Cherries (2011) and the novella Alfonso (2013), both of which examine the Spanish migrant experience in Australia.' (Introduction) -
So Much Smoke : La experiencia migratoria de Félix Calvino a través de la nostalgia autobiográfica y la elaboración literaria de la vida cotidiana
2017
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodas , no. 28 2017; (p. 131-142)
