A Hammock beneath the mangoes
Subtitle: stories from Latin America
By: edited by Thomas Colchie.
Contributors: Colchie, Thomas.
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 1991-11
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
Subjects: Short stories, Latin American; Latin American fiction -- 20th century
Table of contents: title: The dead man / Horacio Quiroga; title: Axolotl / Julio Cortázar; title: Waiting for Polidoro / Armonía Somers; title: The circular ruins / Jorge Luís Borges; title: The dog will have its day / Juan Carlos Onetti; title: The idol / Adolfo Bioy Casares; title: Relative humidity 95% / Manuel Puig; title: Toad's mouth / Isabel Allende; title: The miracle of the birds / Jorge Amado; title: The ex-magician from the Minhota Tavern / Murilo Rubião; title: Love / Clarice Lispector; title: The psychiatrist / Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis; title: The plagues / Moacyr Scliar; title: The third bank of the river / João Guimarães Rosa; title: It was a different day when they killed the pig / João Ubaldo Ribeiro; title: The corset / Lygia Fagundes Telles; title: Lonelyhearts / Rubem Fonseca; title: Twice with Helena / Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes; title: The doll queen / Carlos Fuentes; title: Luvina / Juan Rulfo; title: The gift / Rosario Ferré; title: Bestial among the flowers / Reinaldo Arenas; title: Story-bound / Ana Lydia Vega; title: The last voyage of the ghost ship / Gabriel García Márquez; title: The phantom of the Essoldo / Guillermo Cabrera Infante; title: Journey back to the source / Alejo Carpentier