Short Stories by Latin American Women : The Magic and the Real

by Correas De Zapata, Celia; Correas De Zapata, Celia

• ISBN13: 9781558850026
• ISBN10: 1558850023
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-03-01
• Publisher: Arte Publico Pr

Summary

ZAPATA, the acknowledged world expert on Latin American women's fiction, has collected stories by thirty of the most important women writers of Latin America and had them cast into English by such renowned translators as Gregory Rabassa and Margaret Sayers Peden. The stories all share the common gender orientation of the authors and their approach to narration through magical realism. Included are such noted authors as Isabel Allende, Rosario Castellanos, Amparo Davila, Rosario Ferre, Clarice Lispector, Elena Poniatowska and Luisa Valenzuela. An introduction by Isabel Allende is included.

Table of Contents

Foreword	5	(2)
Isabel Allende
Introduction	7	(4)
An Act of Vengeance	11	(7)
Isabel Allende
Sophie and the Angel	18	(5)
Dora Alonso
Asthmatic	23	(11)
Helena Araujo
The Tree	34	(9)
Maria Luisa Bombal
Culinary Lesson	43	(9)
Rosario Castellanos
The End of a Struggle	52	(4)
Amparo Davila
In Heaven	56	(2)
Guadalupe Duenas
Shoes for the Rest of my Life	58	(2)
Guadalupe Duenas
The Child That Never Was	60	(4)
Maria Virginia Estenssoro
The Poisoned Tale	64	(10)
Rosario Ferre
Blame the Tlaxcaltecs	74	(15)
Elena Garro
The Last Emigrant	89	(4)
Nora Glickmann
The Virgin's Passion	93	(8)
Lucia Guerra
Berkley or Mariana of the Universe	101	(6)
Liliana Heker
Knight, Death and the Devil	107	(7)
Vlady Kociancich
The Cove	114	(7)
Luisa Mercedes Levinson
Looking for Some Dignity	121	(8)
Clarice Lispector
In the Family	129	(4)
Maria Elena Llano
Symbiotic Encounter	133	(5)
Carmen Naranjo
The Midgets	138	(7)
Olga Orozco
A Gentleman on the Train	145	(8)
Antonia Palacios
Breaking the Speed Record	153	(3)
Cristina Peri Rossi
Big-bellied Cow	156	(7)
Nelida Pinon
To Seize the Earth	163	(8)
Josefina Pla
Park Cinema	171	(5)
Elena Poniatowska
The Story of a Cat	176	(5)
Teresa Porzencanski
Death and Transfiguration of a Teacher	181	(4)
Maria Teresa Solari
The Tale of the Velvet Pillows	185	(5)
Marta Traba
Up Among the Eagles	190	(6)
Luisa Valenzuela
Penelope's Silver Wedding Anniversary	196	(6)
Rima de Vallbona
Cloud Cover Caribbean	202	(6)
Ana Lydia Vega
The IWM 1000	208	(5)
Alicia Yanez Cossio
Biographies	213	(8)
Translators	221