The Vintage book of Latin American stories
By: edited by Carlos Fuentes and Julio Ortega.
Contributors: Ortega, Julio, 1942-; Fuentes, Carlos.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: Short stories, Latin American -- Translations into English; Latin American fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English.
Other titles: Latin American stories; Picador book of Latin American stories.
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.
Table of contents: title: The aleph / Juan Luis Borges; title: The balcony / Felisberto Hernández; title: The third bank of the river / João Guimarães Rosa; title: The one who came to save me / Virgilio Piñera; title: Hell most feared / Juan Carlos Onetti; title: Luvina / Juan Rulfo; title: Blow-up / Julio Cortázar; title: Love / Clarice Lispector; title: Ana María / José Donoso; title: The handsomest drowned man in the world /; title: 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; title: House of passion / Nélida Piñón -- Panther eyes / Luisa Valenzuela -- The queen / José Emilio Pacheco --; title: A brief reappearance by Florence, this autumn / Alfredo Bryce Echenique; title: The stroke of midnight / José Balza; title: Van Gogh's ear / Moacyr Scliar; title: The cyclist of San Cristóbal Hill / Antonio Skármeta; title: Notes from Buenos Aires / Mario Levrero; title: The feast / Policarpo Varón; title: The benefactor / Rodolfo Hinostroza; title: The centerfielder / Sergio Ramírez; title: Naturally / María Luisa Puga; title: Mirror images / Hernán Lara Zavala; title: [from] Big-eyed women / Angeles Mastretta; title: Taxi driver, minus Robert De Niro / Fernando Ampuero; title: Don't tell her you love her / Senel Paz; title: Voice of the water / Alberto Ruy Sánchez; title: [from] Naturalezas menores / Antonio López Ortega; title: Coyote / Juan Villoro; title: National sovereignty / Rodrigo Fresán; title: Clamour / Pablo Soler Frost.