Out of the mirrored garden
Subtitle: new fiction by Latin American women
By: edited by Delia Poey
Edition: 1st Anchor Books ed.
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780385475945
Subjects: Novela hispanoamericana; Spanish American fiction; Women authors; Spanish American Short stories; Mujeres como autoras; Translations into English; Traducciones al inglés
Description: "Collection of 17 stories, most not previously published in English, by writers from across the region. Some are well-known in translation (Campos, Peri Rossi, Mastretta, Poniatowska); others less so (Kociancich, Boullosa). Varied styles and story content. Stories strong and translations generally excellent. Includes a short introduction by Poey, biographical paragraphs, and a short bibliography"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217).
Table of contents: title: So disappear / Carmen Boullosa; title: Death lies on the cots / Rosa Maria Britton; title: Allegories / Julieta Campos; title: Ice cream / Elena Castedo; title: A time of mourning / Martha Cerda; title: Even if I bathed in the purest waters / Diamela Eltit; title: Amalia / Rosario Ferré; title: A scipt for every house / Magali García Ramis; title: Teresa Irene / Angela Hernández; title: Aunt Luisita / Barbara Jacobs; title: A family man / Vlady Kociancich; title: Bottles / Alcina Lubitch Domecq; title: Aunt Elvira / Angeles Mastretta; title: Over and over / Carmen Naranjo; title: The annunciation / Cristina Peri Rossi; title: The rupture / Elena Poniatowska; title: Go figure / Mirta Yáñez.