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 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 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.

Author: Carlos Fuentes
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 12/05/2000
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 7.97h x 5.19w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780679775515

Review Citation(s):
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

About the Author
Carlos Fuentes is the author of more than a dozen novels. He lives in Mexico and London. Julio Ortega is a professor of Hispanic Studies at Brown University.