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Short Fiction by Latin American Women

An eclectic and provocative anthology introducing the English-speaking world to the largely untranslated prose of twenty important Latin American woman writers such as Liliana Hecker, Marta Lynch, Silvina Ocampo and Alejandra Pizarnik.

First Edition

Toronto, Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1986
Softcover, 222 p.

Foreword by Isabel Allende
Introduction and notes by Alberto Manguel
A. Somers, M. Lynch, A. Pizarnik,  A. Gorodischer,
V. Kociancich, I. Arredondo, A. Angel, A. Dávila, S. Ocampo, L. Heker, E. Garro, B. Guido and R. Castellanos translated by Alberto Manguel

9780886190651

  • ISABEL ALLENDE: Foreword
    Introduction
  • ARMONIA SOMERS: The Fall
  • RACHEL DE QUEIROZ: Metonymy or The Husband’s Revenge
  • MARTA LYNCH Latin: Lover
  • CLARICE LISPECTOR: The Imitation of the Rose
  • DINAH SILVEIRA DE QUEIROZ: Guidance
  • ALEJANDRA PIZARNIK: The Bloody Countess
  • ANGELICA GORODISCHER: Man’s Dwelling Place
  • VLADY KOCIANCICH: Knight, Death and the Devil
  • INES ARREDONDO: The Shunammite
  • ALBALUCIA ANGEL: The Guerrillero
  • AMPARO DAVILA: Haute Cuisine
  • ELENA PONIATOWSKA: The Night Visitor
  • SILVINA OCAMPO: Two Reports
  • LILIANA HEKER: The Stolen Party
  • ELENA GARRO: It’s the Fault of the Tlaxcaltecas
  • LYGIA FAGUNDES TELLES: Tigrela
  • BEATRIZ GUIDO: The Usurper
  • LYDIA CABRERA: How the Monkey Lost the Fruit of His Labor
  • ROSARIO CASTELLANOS: Death of the Tiger

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