| Edition |
First Ballantine Books trade edition. |
| Description |
379 pages : map ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
Striking in its imagery, its history, and its breathtaking scope, Latin American fiction has finally come into its own throughout the world. Collected in this brilliant volume are thirty-five of the finest writers of this century, including: Jorge Luis Borges Carlos Fuentes Julio Cortazar Miguel Angel Asturias Gabriel Garcia Marquez Jorge Amado Octavio Paz Juan Bosch Jose Donoso Horacio Quiroga Mario Vargas Llosa Abelardo Castillo Guillermo Cabrera Infante. |
| Contents |
Midnight mass / Joaquim Mariá Machado de Assis -- The case of Señorita Amelia / Rubén Darío -- Yzur / Leopoldo Lugones -- How the flamingoes got their stockings / Horacio Quiroga -- Peace on high / Rómulo Gallegos -- Legend of "El Cadejo" / Miguel Ángel Asturias -- Big precipice / Jorge Icaza -- Two dollars worth of water / Juan Bosch -- Sweat / Jorge Amado -- Small-time property owners / Roberto Arlt -- Death and the compass / Jorge Luis Borges -- Journey back to the source / Alejo Carpentier -- The blue bouquet / Octavio Paz -- Letter to a young lady in Paris / Julio Cortázar --The third bank of the river / João Guimarães Rosa -- I'm telling you the truth / Juan José Arreola -- The vacant lot / Augusto Roa Bastos -- Just lather, that's all / Hernando Téllez -- A letter about Emilia / Adolfo Bioy Casares -- The tree / María Luisa Bombal -- Talpa / Juan Rulfo -- The doll queen / Carlos Fuentes -- Balthazar's marvelous afternoon / Gabriel García Márquez -- Paseo / José Donoso -- The imitation of the rose / Clarice Lispector -- Island in Manhattan / René Marqués -- Welcome, Bob / Juan Carlos Onetti -- Gloria's Saturday / Mario Benedetti -- The innocents / Pedro Juan Soto -- Nest, door, neighbors / Guillermo Cabrera Infante -- Honor cleaned / Norberto Fuentes -- Sunday / Mario Vargas Llosa -- A meeting / Manuel Puig -- Ernesto's mother / Abelardo Castillo -- Mourning / José Agustín. |
| Subject |
Short stories, Latin American -- Translations into English.
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Latin American fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English.
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| Added Author |
McNees, Pat.
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| ISBN |
0449912264 |
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