Great Spanish and Latin American Short Stories of the 20th Century/Grandes cuentos españoles y latinoamericanos del siglo XX A Dual-Language Book

by Hiller, Anna; Hiller, Anna

• ISBN13: 9780486476247
• ISBN10: 0486476243
• Edition: Bilingual
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-09-19
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

This bilingual anthology features outstanding short stories by the most celebrated Spanish-language writers. Contents include tales by Cervantes, Alarcon, de Unamuno, Pio Baroja, Borges, Goytisolo, Ruben Dario, and others.

Table of Contents

Eduardo Acevedo Díaz::  "Desde el tronco del Ombú" / "From the Trunk of the Ombú Tree" (1902)

Horacio Quiroga ::　"La serpiente de cascabel" / "The Rattlesnake"　 (1906)

Leopoldo Lugones ::　"Los pastorcitos" / "The Young Shepherds" (1916)

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez :: "El monstruo" / "The Monster" (1921)

José de la Cuadra ::　"Mientras el sol se pone" / "While the Sun Sets" (1926)

Rosa Chacel ::　"Chinina-Migone" / "Chinina-Migone" (1928)

Mario Benedetti ::  "Como siempre" / "As Always" (1947)

Silvina Ocampo :: "Fragmentos del libro invisible" / "Fragments of the Invisible Book" (1948)

Julio Ramón Ribeyro ::　"Por las azoteas" / "Over the Rooftops" (1958)

Augusto Roa Bastos ::　"El país donde los niños no querían nacer" / "The Country Where the Children Did Not Want to Be Born" (unknown)

Gloria Guardia :: "Otra vez Bach" / "Once Again Bach" (1983)

Paloma Díaz-Mas :: "En busca de un retrato" / "In Search of a Portrait" (1988)

José María Merino ::　"Tres documentos sobre la locura de J.L.B." / "Three Documents about the Insanity of J.L.B." (1989)

Enrique Jaramillo Levi ::　"La ilusión" / "The Illusion" (1998)