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Author Fuentes, Carlos.

Title Happy families : stories / Carlos Fuentes ; translated by Edith Grossman.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, [2008]
©2008

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  PQ7297.F793 T5913 2008    Available  ---
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
Description x, 331 pages ; 25 cm
Note "Originally published in Spanish as Todas las familias felices by Alfaguara, Mexico City, Mexico, in 2006"--T.p. verso.
Contents A family like any other -- Chorus of the street gossips -- The disobedient son -- Chorus of the rival buddies -- A cousin without charm -- Chorus of the threatened daughter -- Conjugal ties (1) -- Chorus of the father of rock -- Mater Dolorosa -- Chorus of the perfect wife -- The mariachi's mother -- Chorus of the naked honeymoon -- Sweethearts -- Chorus of the murdered family -- The armed family -- Chorus of the suffering children -- The gay divorce -- Chorus of a son of the sea -- The official family -- Chorus of the family from the neighborhood -- The father's servant -- Chorus of rancorous families -- The secret marriage -- Chorus of the daughter who killed herself -- The star's son -- Chorus of the children of good families -- The discomfiting brother -- Chorus of the inspected family -- Conjugal ties (2) -- Chorus of the savage families -- Eternal father -- Choruscodaconrad.
Summary The internationally acclaimed winner of the Cervantes Prize presents a stunning novel about family and love across an expanse of Mexican life.
Language Translated from the Spanish.
Subject Families -- Fiction.
Families.
Genre/Form Fiction.
Short stories.
Short stories.
Fiction.
Added Author Grossman, Edith, 1936-2023.
Added Title Todas las familias felices. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008001238
ISBN 9781400066889 alkaline paper
1400066883 alkaline paper