The curse of Eve and other stories
By: Liliana Blum ; translated from the Spanish by Toshiya Kamei.
Contributors: Kamei, Toshiya.
Publisher: Host Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Austin, TX
Language: eng
Translated from: spa
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780924047534; 9780924047541
Subjects: Blum, Liliana V., -- 1974- -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English.
Description: "In this collection, acclaimed Mexican writer Liliana Blum presents us with a startling, tender and often hilarious take on modern life. The wry, intimate stories in The Curse of Eve pulse with the ache of abandoned dreams and debauched desires. In the affecting title story, the very ordinary fate of a young mother is laid bare as the stuff of tragedy. In Kisses on the Forehead, a personal ad leads to a desperate tryst between a virgin and a vagabond, while A Model Kit invites us to observe an unorthodox artist and his odious methods of creation. A young woman's adventures with a porn star inspire an unlikely new vocation in God Bless Ron Jeremy, and in To Adorn the Saints the appearance of a naked virgin in the bell-tower wreaks havoc on the village of San Cordelia de Cocoyotl."--Jacket.
Table of contents: label: Translator's Note
title: i; label: A New Faith
title: 1; label: The Book Can Still Be Mended
title: 10; label: Bride Wanted
title: 18; label: Better Halves
title: 26; label: God Bless Ron Jeremy
title: 29; label: The Debutante
title: 37; label: Requiem for a Cherub
title: 42; label: The Hours of the Morning
title: 47; label: The Scorpion of Almond
title: 50; label: Cookie Monster
title: 52; label: A Perfect Day for Canned Tuna
title: 54; label: Bacon and Eggs
title: 59; label: The Avon Lady
title: 66; label: Fish without a Bicycle
title: 75; label: The Canary
title: 81; label: Periquita Shoes
title: 88; label: That First Time
title: 93; label: Stalin's Wife
title: 96; label: Three Frosted Owls
title: 102; label: I'll Play the Piano in a Wedding Dress
title: 108; label: Appointment with a Pig in the Library
title: 114; label: A Model Kit
title: 122; label: To Adorn the Saints
title: 130; label: A Sip of Light
title: 135; label: Kisses on the Forehead
title: 143; label: Peaches
title: 147; label: Lazarus
title: 151; label: The Curse of Eve
title: 154