This collection by the Uruguayan-born French poet Jules Supervielle (1884-1960) contains ten tales and two chapters from his memoir, Uruguay, along with seventeen poems. To read his tales and poems is exhilarating, spun out as they are in his distinctive voice: rueful, funny, forthright, tender, sometimes bitingly satiric, by turns lyrical and abrupt. Though still relatively unknown in the English-language world, Supervielle's works have been canonized in the prestigious Bibliotheque de la Pleiade and many of his titles have remained in print to this day. All of the poems are presented in French and English; the prose appears only in English. Translated by Nancy Kline, Patricia Terry, and Kathleen Micklow. Book jacket.