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9780452268661

A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes Stories from Latin America

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  • ISBN13:

    9780452268661

  • ISBN10:

    0452268664

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1992-11-01
  • Publisher: Plume

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Summary

This splendid collection of stories by 26 Latin American authors features the new voices and celebrated masters of one of the world's foremost literatures. Included are Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Juan Carlos Onetti, Manuel Puig, and others. Organized geographically.

Author Biography

Thomas Colchie is an acclaimed translator, editor, and literary agent for international authors. He is the editor of A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes. He has written for the Village Voice and The Washington Post. His translations include Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman and (with Elizabeth Bishop, Gregory Rabassa, and Mark Strand) Carlos Drummond de Andrade's Travelling in the Family.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
The River Plate
The Dead Man
3(6)
Horacio Quiroga
Axolotl
9(7)
Julio Cortazar
Waiting for Polidoro
16(6)
Armonia Somers
The Circular Ruins
22(8)
Jorge Luis Borges
The Dog Will Have Its Day
30(12)
Juan Carlos Onetti
The Idol
42(24)
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Relative Humidity 95%
66(15)
Manuel Puig
Chile
Toad's Mouth
81(10)
Isabel Allende
Brazil
The Miracle of the Birds
91(10)
Jorge Amado
The Ex-Magician from the Minhota Tavern
101(7)
Murilo Rubiao
Love
108(11)
Clarice Lispector
The Psychiatrist
119(44)
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
The Plagues
163(14)
Moacyr Scliar
The Third Bank of the River
177(7)
Joao Guimaraes Rosa
It Was a Different Day When They Killed the Pig
184(8)
Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro
The Corset
192(30)
Lygia Fagundes Telles
Lonelyhearts
222(15)
Rubem Fonseca
Twice with Helena
237(28)
Paulo Emilio Salles Gomes
Mexico
The Doll Queen
265(17)
Carlos Fuentes
Luvina
282(11)
Juan Rulfo
The Caribbean
The Gift
293(26)
Rosario Ferre
Bestial Among the Flowers
319(29)
Reinaldo Arenas
Story-Bound
348(25)
Ana Lydia Vega
The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship
373(7)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Phantom of the Essoldo
380(36)
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Journey Back to the Source
416
Alejo Carpentier

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