Contemporary Latin American Short Stories

Introduction 1996 Introduction 1974Joaquim María Machado de Assis, Midnight MassRubén Darío, The Case for Señorita AmeliaLeopoldo Lugones, Yzur Horacio Quiroga, How the Flamingoes Got Their StockingsRómulo Gallegos, Peace on HighMiguel Ángel Asturias, Legend of “El Cadejo”Jorge Icaza, Big PrecipiceJuan Bosch, Two Dollars Worth of WaterJorge Amado, SweatRoberto Arlt, Small-Time Property OwnersJorge Luis Borges, Death and the CompassAlejo Carpentier, Journey Back to the SourceOctavio Paz, The Blue BouquetJulio Cortázar, Letter to a Young Lady in ParisJoão Guimarães Rosa, The Third Bank of the RiverJuan José Arreola, I’m Telling You the TruthAugusto Roa Bastos, The Vacant LotHernando Téllez, Just Lather, That’s AllAdolfo Bioy Casares, A Letter About EmiliaMaría Luisa Bombal, The TreeJuan Rulfo, TalpaCarlos Fuentes, The Doll QueenGabríel Garcia Márquez, Balthazar’s Marvelous AfternoonJosé Donoso, PaseoClarice Lispector, The Imitation of the RoseRené Marqués, Island in ManhattanJuan Carlos Onetti, Welcome, BobMario Benedetti, Gloria’s SaturdayPedro Juan Soto, The InnocentsGuillermo Cabrera Infante, Nest, Door, NeighborsNorberto Fuentes, Honor CleanedMario Varga Llosa, SundayManuel Puig, A MeetingAbelardo Castillo, Ernesto’s MotherJosé Agustín, Mourning