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The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories

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    9780679775515

  • ISBN10:

    067977551X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2000-12-05
  • Publisher: Vintage
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Summary

InThe Vintage Book of Latin American Stories, Julio Ortega and Carlos Fuentes present the most compelling short fiction from Mexico to Chile. Surreal, poetic, naturalistic, urbane, peasant-born: All styles intersect and play, often within a single piece. There is "The Handsomest Drown Man in the World," the Garcia Marquez fable of a village overcome by the power of human beauty; "The Aleph," Borges' classic tale of a man who discovers, in a colleague's cellar, the Universe. Here is the haunting shades of Juan Rulfo, the astonishing anxiety puzzles of Julio Cortazar, the disquieted domesticity of Clarice Lispector. Provocative, powerful, immensely engaging,The Vintage Book of Latin American Storiesshowcases the ingenuity, diversity, and continuing excellence of a vast and vivid literary tradition.

Author Biography

Carlos Fuentes is the author of more than a dozen novels. He lives in Mexico and London. Julio Ortega is a professor of Hispanic Studies at Brown University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii
The Storyteller ix
Carlos Fuentes
Introduction xv
Julio Ortega
The Aleph
3(14)
Jorge Luis Borges
The Balcony
17(12)
Filisberto Hernandez
The Third Bank of the River
29(6)
Joao Guimaraes Rosa
The One Who Came to Save Me
35(5)
Virgilio Pinera
Hell Most Feared
40(14)
Juan Carlos Onetti
Luvina
54(8)
Juan Rulfo
Blow-up
62(14)
Julio Cortazar
Love
76(9)
Clarice Lispector
Ana Maria
85(15)
Jose Donoso
The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World
100(6)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Melancholic Pedestrian
106(7)
Salvador Garmendia
The Wardrobe, the Old Man and Death
113(6)
Julio Ramon Ribeyro
Subterranean River
119(12)
Ines Arredondo
The Scissors
131(12)
Antonio Benitez Rojo
Orion's Glow
143(13)
Alejandro Rossi
A New Man
156(11)
Luis Loayza
Bukhara Nocturne
167(20)
Sergio Pitol
Getting Even
187(4)
Luis Rafael Sanchez
House of Passion
191(7)
Nelida Pinon
Panther Eyes
198(4)
Luisa Valenzuela
The Queen
202(9)
Jose Emilio Pacheco
A Brief Reappearance by Florence, This Autumn
211(12)
Alfredo Bryce Echenique
The Stroke of Midnight
223(7)
Jose Balza
Van Gogh's Ear
230(3)
Moacyr Scliar
The Cyclist of San Cristobal Hill
233(12)
Antonio Skarmeta
Notes from Buenos Aires
245(9)
Mario Levrero
The Feast
254(5)
Policarpo Varon
The Benefactor
259(17)
Rodolfo Hinostroza
The Centerfielder
276(6)
Sergio Ramirez
Naturally
282(8)
Maria Luisa Puga
Mirror Images
290(6)
Hernan Lara Zavala
from Big-Eyed Women
296(13)
Angeles Mastretta
Taxi Driver, Minus Robert De Niro
309(10)
Fernando Ampuero
Don't Tell Her You Love Her
319(10)
Senel Paz
Voices of the Water
329(11)
Alberto Ruy Sanchez
from Naturalezas menores
340(4)
Antonio Lopez Ortega
Coyote
344(14)
Juan Villoro
National Sovereignty
358(8)
Rodrigo Fresan
Clamour
366(5)
Pablo Soler Frost
Author Biographies 371(6)
Copyright Acknowledgements 377

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