The Vintage Book of Latin American Stories
by Carlos Fuentes (Editor), Julio Ortega (Editor)
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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 García Márquez 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 show more haunting shades of Juan Rulfo, the astonishing anxiety puzzles of Julio Cortázar, 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. show lessTags
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With no other unifying theme than the writers being Latin American (that's 20 countries, FYI), this is a total grab-bag. As you'd expect, there are some big names (Borges, Garcia-Marquez, Lispector), a lot of not-so-big names, some realism, some magic realism, and even a (pretty bad) sci-fi story. Overall not bad, but the book would really have benefited from some structure and better author bios than the one- or two-sentence ones in the back.
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Carlos Fuentes was born in Panama on November 11, 1928. He studied law at the National University of Mexico and did graduate work at the Institute des Hautes Etudes in Switzerland. He entered Mexico's diplomatic service and wrote in his spare time. His first novel, Where the Air Is Clear, was published in 1958. His other works include The Death of show more Artemio Cruz, Destiny and Desire, and Vlad. The Old Gringo was later adapted as a film starring Gregory Peck and Jane Fonda in 1989. He won numerous awards including the Fuentes the Romulo Gallegos Prize in Venezuela for Terra Nostra, the National Order of Merit in France, the Cervantes Prize in 1987, and Spain's Prince of Asturias Award for literature in 1994. He also wrote essays, short stories, screenplays, and political nonfiction. In addition to writing, he taught at numerous universities, including Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, and Brown. He served as the ambassador of Mexico to France. He died on May 15, 2012 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Julio Ortega is a professor of Hispanic Studies at Brown University. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Fiction and Literature
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- 863.010898 — Literature & rhetoric Spanish Literature Spanish fiction By Type Short Stories Anthologies
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- PQ7087 .E5 .V56 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures Spanish literature Provincial, local, colonial, etc. Spanish America
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