After-Dinner Conversation: The Diary of a Decadent

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A F T E R - D I N N E R C O N V E R S AT I O N T E X A S PA N A M E R I C A N L I T E R AT U R E I N T R A N S L AT I O N Danny J. Anderson, Editor After-Dinner Conversation T H E D I A R Y O F A D E C A D E N T by J O S É A S U N C I Ó N S I LVA Translated with an introduction and notes by Kelly Washbourne U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S P R E S S , A U S T I N Copyright © 2005 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2005 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html 䊊 ⬁ The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Silva, José Asunción, 1865–1896. [De sobremesa. English] After-dinner conversation : the diary of a decadent / by José Asunción Silva ; translated with an introduction and notes by Kelly Washbourne. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Texas Pan American literature in translation series) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-292-70698-7 (cl. : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-292-70979-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Silva, José Asunción, 1865–1896. De sobremesa. I. Washbourne, R. Kelly. II. Title. III. Series. PQ8179.S5D413 2005 863’.64—dc22 2004030275 For Pedro Barreda THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...