A collection of stories from Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean includes such modern classics as "The Circular Ruins" by Jorge Luis Borges and Alejo Carpentier's "Journey Back to the Source".
In this apocalyptic vision of Castro's Cuba, a young couple leave the dreariness of Havana and spend six days at a small seaside retreat, where they hope to recapture the desire and carefree spirit that once united them. Reinaldo Arenas is the author of "Before the Night Falls".
This unique anthology of contemporary Latin American fiction is gathered from a dazzling array of today's best Latino writers, from Carmen Posadas and Jorge Volpi to Mayra Santos-Febres and Ernesto Mestre-Reed.
Latin America has produced some of the great writers of the 20th century, and the 26 stories collected here--many never-before published in English--represent a concentration of some of the most celebrated authors in contemporary literature: Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and others.
In the brilliant tradition of "Don Quixote" and "Candide," "Hallucinations" is a modern masterpiece of Latin American fiction. Fray Servando-priest, blasphemer, dueler of monsters, irresistible lover, misunderstood prophet, prisoner, and consummate escape artist-wanders among the vice-ridden populations of eighteenth-century Europe and the ...
26 tales from Latin America, many of which have not previously been published in English. The book provides biographies of the authors and is organized geographically. The voices that emerge reflect the countries from which they originate and the languages in which the stories were written.
This is an anthology featuring not only celebrated masters, but also many of the brightest lights in contemporary Latin American literature. Included here are stories by Jorge Amado, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julio Cortazar, Borges, Machado de Assis and Juan Carlos Onetti.
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