The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories

by FUENTES, CARLOSORTEGA, JULIO

• ISBN13: 9780679775515
• ISBN10: 067977551X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-12-05
• Publisher: Vintage

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