Idols and underdogs
Subtitle: an anthology of Latin American football fiction
By: edited by Shawn Stein and Nicolás Campisi ; translated by George Shivers, Shawn Stein and Richard McGehee
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781910449844
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Spanish American Short stories; Spanish American fiction; Translations into English; Latin American Short stories; Soccer in literature
Other titles: Anthology of Latin American football fiction; Por amor a la pelota. English.
Notes: "Eleven stories, one from each country in the South American World Cup qualifying group, plus Mexico (following the precedent set by the Copa América)."--Page [4] of cover.

Each short story is preceded by a brief statement about the author and list of works, and is followed by an interview with the author.

Translation of: Por amor a la pelota : once cracks de la ficción futbolera.

Translated from the Spanish.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Rodge Glass; title: Prologue in the form of a literary challenge  -- Shawn Stein and Nicolás Campisi; title: Argentina  -- Selva Almada; title: Bolivia  -- Edmundo Paz Soldán; title: Brazil  -- Sérgio Sant'Anna; title: Chile  -- Roberto Fuentes; title: Colombia  -- Ricardo Silva Romero; title: Ecuador  -- José Hidalgo Pallares; title: México  -- Juan Villoro; title: Paraguay  -- Javier Viveros; title: Perú  -- Sergio Galarza; title: Uruguay  -- Carlos Abin; title: Venezuela -- Miguel Hidalgo Prince.