The Oxford book of Latin American short stories / edited by Roberto González Echevarría.

Contributor(s):

González Echevarría, Roberto, 1943 -

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.Description: xiv, 481 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780195130850

Other title:

Latin America short stories

Subject(s):

Short stories, Latin American -- Translations into English

DDC classification:

863 21

LOC classification:

PQ 7087 O98 1997

Online resources:

Contents:

THE COLONIAL PERIOD: How the men were parted from the women / Fray Ramon Pane -- A maiden's story / Popol Vuh -- Tocay Capac, the first Inca / Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala -- Plague of ants / Fray Bartolome de las Casas -- The story of Pedro Serrano / Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca -- The adventurer who pretended that he was a bishop / Gaspar de Villarroel -- Amorous and military adventures / Catalina de Erauso ("The lieutenant nun") -- A deal with Juana Garcia / Juan Rodriguez Freyle. NEW NATIONS: The slaughter house / Esteban Echeverria -- The tiger of the plains / Domingo Faustino Sarmiento -- He who listens may hear -- to his regret: confidence of a confidence / Juana Manuela Gorriti -- Fray Gomez's scorpion / Ricardo Palma -- Midnight mass / Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD: The death of the empress of China / Ruben Dario -- Yzur / Leopoldo Lugones -- The decapitated chicken / Horacio Quiroga -- The baby in pink buckram / Joao do Rio (Paulo Barreto) -- The man who resembled a horse / Rafael Arevalo Martinez -- The braider / Ricardo Guiraldes -- The man who knew Javanese / Alfonso Henriques de Lima Barreto -- Peace on high / Romulo Gallegos -- The Christmas turkey / Mario de Andrade -- The daisy dolls / Felisberto Hernandez -- The photograph / Enrique Amorim -- The clearing / Luisa Mercedes Levinson -- The garden of forking paths / Jorge Luis Borges -- Journey back to the source / Alejo Carpentier -- The tree / Maria Luisa Bombal -- The legend of 'El Cadejo' / Miguel Angel Asturias -- Encarnacion Mendoza's Christmas Eve / Juan Bosch -- The third bank of the river / Joao Guimaraes Rosa -- The image of misfortune / Juan Carlos Onetti -- Tell them not to kill me! / Juan Rulfo -- Hahn's pentagon / Osman Lins -- The switchman / Juan Jose Arreola -- The featherless buzzards / Julio Ramon Ribeyro -- Meat / Virgilio Piñera -- Unborn / Augusto Roa Bastos -- The night face up / Julio Cortazar -- Cooking lesson / Rosario Castellanos -- The doll queen / Carlos Fuentes -- The walk / Jose Donoso -- Balthazar's marvelous afternoon / Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- The challenge / Mario Vargas Llosa -- The crime of the mathematics professor / Clarice Lispector -- Buried statues / Antonio Benitez Rojo -- A woman's back / Jose Balza -- The warmth of things / Nelida Piñon -- Penelope / Dalton Trevisan -- The threshold / Christina Peri Rossi -- The parade ends / Reinaldo Arenas -- When women love men / Rosario Ferre.

Review: "Includes 53 stories spanning evolution of short fiction in Brazil as well as Hispanic America across a broad range of writing from colonial era and 19th century to modern favorites such as Lugones, Quiroga, Lima Barreto, Borges, Cortázar, Rulfo, Ribeyro, Castellanos, Lispector, Ferré, and Monterroso, in versions by distinguished translators. An essay by the editor traces evolution of the genre. Brief headnotes for each period and author and a short bibliography provide ample contextualization. Recommended for classroom use"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso)	PQ 7087 O98 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000138202

Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-475) and index..

THE COLONIAL PERIOD: How the men were parted from the women / Fray Ramon Pane --
A maiden's story / Popol Vuh --
Tocay Capac, the first Inca / Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala --
Plague of ants / Fray Bartolome de las Casas --
The story of Pedro Serrano / Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca --
The adventurer who pretended that he was a bishop / Gaspar de Villarroel --
Amorous and military adventures / Catalina de Erauso ("The lieutenant nun") --
A deal with Juana Garcia / Juan Rodriguez Freyle. NEW NATIONS: The slaughter house / Esteban Echeverria --
The tiger of the plains / Domingo Faustino Sarmiento --
He who listens may hear --
to his regret: confidence of a confidence / Juana Manuela Gorriti --
Fray Gomez's scorpion / Ricardo Palma --
Midnight mass / Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis. THE CONTEMPORARY PERIOD: The death of the empress of China / Ruben Dario --
Yzur / Leopoldo Lugones --
The decapitated chicken / Horacio Quiroga --
The baby in pink buckram / Joao do Rio (Paulo Barreto) --
The man who resembled a horse / Rafael Arevalo Martinez --
The braider / Ricardo Guiraldes --
The man who knew Javanese / Alfonso Henriques de Lima Barreto --
Peace on high / Romulo Gallegos --
The Christmas turkey / Mario de Andrade --
The daisy dolls / Felisberto Hernandez --
The photograph / Enrique Amorim --
The clearing / Luisa Mercedes Levinson --
The garden of forking paths / Jorge Luis Borges --
Journey back to the source / Alejo Carpentier --
The tree / Maria Luisa Bombal --
The legend of 'El Cadejo' / Miguel Angel Asturias --
Encarnacion Mendoza's Christmas Eve / Juan Bosch --
The third bank of the river / Joao Guimaraes Rosa --
The image of misfortune / Juan Carlos Onetti --
Tell them not to kill me! / Juan Rulfo --
Hahn's pentagon / Osman Lins --
The switchman / Juan Jose Arreola --
The featherless buzzards / Julio Ramon Ribeyro --
Meat / Virgilio Piñera --
Unborn / Augusto Roa Bastos --
The night face up / Julio Cortazar --
Cooking lesson / Rosario Castellanos --
The doll queen / Carlos Fuentes --
The walk / Jose Donoso --
Balthazar's marvelous afternoon / Gabriel Garcia Marquez --
The challenge / Mario Vargas Llosa --
The crime of the mathematics professor / Clarice Lispector --
Buried statues / Antonio Benitez Rojo --
A woman's back / Jose Balza --
The warmth of things / Nelida Piñon --
Penelope / Dalton Trevisan --
The threshold / Christina Peri Rossi --
The parade ends / Reinaldo Arenas --
When women love men / Rosario Ferre.

"Includes 53 stories spanning evolution of short fiction in Brazil as well as Hispanic America across a broad range of writing from colonial era and 19th century to modern favorites such as Lugones, Quiroga, Lima Barreto, Borges, Cortázar, Rulfo, Ribeyro, Castellanos, Lispector, Ferré, and Monterroso, in versions by distinguished translators. An essay by the editor traces evolution of the genre. Brief headnotes for each period and author and a short bibliography provide ample contextualization. Recommended for classroom use"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

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