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The Vintage Book of Latin American Short Stories

by Carlos Fuentes

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Publisher Comments:

In The 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 García Márquez 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 Cortázar, the disquieted domesticity of Clarice Lispector. Provocative, powerful, immensely engaging, The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories showcases the ingenuity, diversity, and continuing excellence of a vast and vivid literary tradition.

About the Author

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

"Each and every [story in] this collection is a treasure." --The Guardian

"Latin American fiction is where serious debate can be found and, at its best, makes the contemporary English equivalent seem frivolous and lacking in courage." --The Times (London)

Product Details

ISBN:
9780679775515
Editor:
Fuentes, Carlos
Editor:
Ortega, Julio
Editor:
Fuentes, Carlos
Editor:
Ortega, Julio
Author:
Fuentes, Carlos
Author:
Ortega, Julio
Author:
Edited by Carlos Fuentes and Julio Ortega
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Location:
New York
Subject:
Short Stories (Anthologies)
Subject:
Anthologies (multiple authors)
Subject:
20th century
Subject:
Latin American fiction
Subject:
Short stories, latin american
Subject:
Latin American fiction -- 20th century.
Subject:
Anthologies-General
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Series:
Vintage Original
Series Volume:
2184
Publication Date:
20001231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
400
Dimensions:
7.97x5.19x.90 in. .71 lbs.

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