The Vintage book of Latin American stories
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2000.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Status
Port Angeles - Fiction (Adult)
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Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2000.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xx, 380 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in Great Britain by Picador, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Ltd., London, in 1998 as The Picador book of Latin American stories."--Title page verso.
Description
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.