| Description |
xiv, 481 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-475) and index. |
| Summary |
"Includes 53 stories spanning evolution of short fiction in Brazil as well as Hispanic America across a broad range of writing from colonial era and 19th century to modern favorites such as Lugones, Quiroga, Lima Barreto, Borges, Cortázar, Rulfo, Ribeyro, Castellanos, Lispector, Ferré, and Monterroso, in versions by distinguished translators. An essay by the editor traces evolution of the genre. Brief headnotes for each period and author and a short bibliography provide ample contextualization. Recommended for classroom use"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas |
| Contents |
Colonial period. How the men were parted from the women / Fray Ramón Pané -- A maiden's story / Popol Vuh -- Tocay Capac, the first Inca / Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala -- Plague of ants / Fray Bartolomé de las Casas -- Story of Pedro Serrano / Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca -- Adventurer who pretended that he was a bishop / Gaspar de Villarroel -- Amorous and military adventures / Catalina de Erauso ("The lieutenant nun") -- A deal with Juana García / Juan Rodríguez Freyle. |
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New nations. Slaughter house / Esteban Echeverría -- Tiger of the plains / Domingo Faustino Sarmiento -- He who listens may hear--to his regret : confidence of a confidence / Juana Manuela Gorriti -- Fray Gómez's scorpion / Ricardo Palma -- Midnight mass / Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. |
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Contemporary period. Death of the empress of China / Rubén Darío -- Yzur / Leopoldo Lugones -- Decapitated chicken / Horacio Quiroga -- Baby in pink buckram / João do Rio (Paulo Barreto) -- Man who resembled a horse / Rafael Arévalo Martínez -- Braider / Ricardo Güiraldes -- Man who knew Javanese / Alfonso Henriques de Lima Barreto -- Peace on high / Rómulo Gallegos -- Christmas turkey / Mário de Andrade -- Daisy dolls / Felisberto Hernández -- Photograph / Enrique Amorim -- Clearing / Luisa Mercedes Levinson -- Garden of forking paths / Jorge Luis Borges -- Journey back to the source / Alejo Carpentier -- Tree / María Luisa Bombal -- Legend of 'El Cadejo' / Miguel Angel Asturias -- Encarnación Mendoza's Christmas Eve / Juan Bosch -- Third bank of the river / João Guimarães Rosa -- Image of misfortune / Juan Carlos Onetti -- Tell them not to kill me! / Juan Rulfo -- Hahn's pentagon / Osman Lins -- Switchman / Juan José Arreola -- Featherless buzzards / Julio Ramón Ribeyro -- Meat / Virgilio Piñera -- Unborn / Augusto Roa Bastos -- Night face up / Julio Cortázar -- Cooking lesson / Rosario Castellanos -- Doll queen / Carlos Fuentes -- Walk / José Donoso -- Balthazar's marvelous afternoon / Gabriel García Márquez -- Challenge / Mario Vargas Llosa -- Crime of the mathematics professor / Clarice Lispector -- Buried statues / Antonio Benítez Rojo -- A woman's back / José Balza -- Warmth of things / Nélida Piñon -- Penelope / Dalton Trevisan -- Threshold / Christina Peri Rossi -- Parade ends / Reinaldo Arenas -- When women love men / Rosario Ferré. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Language |
Translated from the Spanish and the Portugese. |
| Provenance |
Ludmila Kapschutschenko-Schmitt Memorial Collection |
| Subject |
Short stories, Latin American -- Translations into English.
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Short stories, Latin American. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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Fiction.
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| Added Author |
González Echevarría, Roberto.
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| Added Title |
Latin America short stories |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Oxford book of Latin American short stories. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997 (OCoLC)605343734 |
| ISBN |
0195095901 cloth acid-free paper |
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9780195095906 cloth acid-free paper |
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