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The Vintage book of Latin American stories
edited by Carlos Fuentes and Julio Ortega
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2000.
ISBN: 067977551X   DDC: 863.010898   LCC: PQ7087  

Notes:

"Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in
Great Britain by Picador, an imprint of Macmillian Publishers Ltd.,
London, in 1998 as The Picador book of Latin American
stories."--Verso t.p.

The aleph / Juan Luis Borges -- The balcony / Felisberto Hernández --
The third bank of the river / João Guimarães Rosa -- The one who came
to save me / Virgilio Piñera -- Hell most feared / Juan Carlos Onetti
-- Luvina / Juan Rulfo -- Blow-up / Julio Cortázar -- Love / Clarice
Lispector -- Ana María / José Donoso -- The handsomest drowned man in
the world /Gabriel García Márquez -- The melancholic pedestrian /
Salvador Garmendia -- The wardrobe, the old man and death / Julio
Ramón Ribeyro -- Subterranean river / Inés Arredondo -- The scissors
/ Antonio Benítez Rojo -- Orion's glow / Alejandro Rossi -- A new man
/ Luis Loayza -- Bukhara nocturne / Sergio Pitol -- Getting even /
Luis Rafael Sánchez --House of passion / Nélida Piñón -- Panther eyes
/ Luisa Valenzuela -- The queen / José Emilio Pacheco --

A brief reappearance by Florence, this autumn / Alfredo Bryce
Echenique -- The stroke of midnight / José Balza -- Van Gogh's ear /
Moacyr Scliar -- The cyclist of San Cristóbal Hill / Antonio Skármeta
-- Notes from Buenos Aires / Mario Levrero -- The feast / Policarpo
Varón -- The benefactor / Rodolfo Hinostroza -- The centerfielder /
Sergio Ramírez -- Naturally / María Luisa Puga -- Mirror images /
Hernán Lara Zavala -- [from] Big-eyed women / Angeles Mastretta --
Taxi driver, minus Robert De Niro / Fernando Ampuero -- Don't tell
her you love her / Senel Paz -- Voice of the water / Alberto Ruy
Sánchez -- [from] Naturalezas menores / Antonio López Ortega --
Coyote / Juan Villoro -- National sovereignty / Rodrigo Fresán --
Clamour / Pablo Soler Frost.

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Dewey Class: 863.010898 -- Spanish fiction
LCC Number: PQ7087

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: xx, 380 p. ; 21 cm.

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