A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes: Stories from Latin America (Plume Fiction)

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UPC:
9780452268661
Maximum Purchase:
3 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
1992-11-01
Release Date:
1992-11-01
Language:
english
Edition:
Reprint
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Introduction

One: The River Plate

Horacio Quiroga: The Dead Man
Julia Cortzar: Axolotl
Armona Somers: Waiting for Polidoro
Jorge Lus Borges: The Circular Ruins
Juan Carlos Onetti: The Dog Will Have Its Day
Adolfo Bioy Casares: The Idol
Manuel Puig: Relative Humidity 95%

Two: Chile

Isabel Allende: Toad's Mouth

Three: Brazil

Jorge Amado: The Miracle of the Birds
Murilo Rubio: The Ex-Magician from the Minhota Tavern
Clarice Lispector: Love
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis: The Psychiatrist
Moacyr Scliar: The Plagues
Joo Guimares Rosa: The Third Bank of the River
Joo Ubaldo Ribeiro: It Was a Different Day When They Killed the Pig
Lygia Fagundes Telles: The Corset
Rubem Fonseca: Lonelyhearts
Paulo Emlio Salles Gomes: Twice with Helena

Four: Mexico

Carlos Fuentes: The Doll Queen
Juan Rulfo: Luvina

Five: The Caribbean

Rosario Ferr: The Gift
Reinaldo Arenas: Bestial Among the Flowers
Ana Lydia Vega: Story-Bound
Gabriel Garca Mrquez: The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship
Guillermo Cabrera Infante: The Phantom of the Essoldo
Alejo Carpentier: Journey Back to the Source