The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories
Fuentes, Carlos (EDT)
Ortega, Julio (EDT)
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BOOK SUMMARY
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.
BOOK SYNOPSIS
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.
BOOK REVIEWS
"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)
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 067977551X
ISBN(13-digit): 9780679775515
Copyright: 2000
Dewey Decimal: 863/.010898
Library of Congress: 00712739
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 380
Paper Weight (lb): 0.7
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