| Description |
243 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Translation of: Sol, piedra y sombras. |
| Contents |
My life with the wave / Octavio Paz -- Chac-Mool / Carlos Fuentes -- History according to Pao Cheng / Salvador Elizondo -- Night of Margaret Rose / Francisco Tario -- Mist / Juan de la Cabada -- Little doe / José Revueltas -- Medicine man / Francisco Rojas González -- Blame the Tlaxcaltecs / Elena Garro -- Dinner / Alfonso Reyes -- Tell them not to kill me! / Juan Rulfo -- Carnival of the bullets / Martín Luis Guzmán -- Permission granted / Edmundo Valadés -- Shunammite / Inés Arredondo -- Cooking lesson / Rosario Castellanos -- Tachas / Efrén Hernández -- What became of Pampa Hash / Jorge Ibargüengoitia -- Switchman / Juan José Arreola -- Square / Juan García Ponce -- Panther / Sergio Pitol -- August afternoon / José Emilio Pacheco. |
| Summary |
This anthology presents a collection of twenty stories of extraordinary quality, written by the finest Mexican authors born during the first half of the twentieth century. Through these pages, readers will tour the real and the unreal, the faithfully rendered and the fantastic, as well as the tangible past of Mexican history. They will also travel between urban reflections on everyday life and intimate inventions that set Mexico apart from landscapes, other cultures, and other literatures. Part of the Big Read Selection. |
| Subject |
Short stories, Mexican.
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| Added Author |
Hernández, Jorge F.
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| ISBN |
9789681685942 |
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9681685946 |
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