Thomas Feeny
THOMAS FEENY has taught Spanish literature at North Carolina State University since 1970. Among the Latin American authors whose work he has studied and/or translated are Marco Denevi, Alfonsina Storni, Amado Nervo and Ricardo Palma.
Lawyer in Heaven
by Ricardo Palma, translated from the Spanish by Thomas FeenyLegend has it that in the past the Lord would never look very kindly upon lawyers because whenever a lawyer appeared at Heaven’s doors, his passport was seldom if ever in proper order.
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