The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories

In The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories, Julio Ortega and Carlos Fuentes present the most compelling short fiction from Mexico to Chile. Surreal, poetic, naturalistic, urbane, peasant-born: All styles intersect and play, often within a single piece. There is "The Handsomest Drown Man in the World," the Garc a M rquez fable of a village overcome by the power of human beauty; "The Aleph," Borges' classic tale of a man who discovers, in a colleague's cellar, the Universe. Here is the haunting shades of Juan Rulfo, the astonishing anxiety puzzles of Julio Cort zar, the disquieted domesticity of Clarice Lispector. Provocative, powerful, immensely engaging, The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories showcases the ingenuity, diversity, and continuing excellence of a vast and vivid literary tradition.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 12/05/2000
ISBN: 9780679775515
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 7.97h x 5.19w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/06/2000 pg. 72
Booklist 11/01/2000 pg. 519
Library Journal 01/01/2001 pg. 159
Poder Hispanic 03/01/2001 pg. 66
BookPage 05/01/2001 pg. 13