A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes

Thomas Colchie Jorge Luis Borges First published 1991

About this book

Introduction One: The River Plate

Horacio Quiroga: The Dead Man Julia Cortázar: Axolotl Armonía Somers: Waiting for Polidoro Jorge Luís 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 Rubião: The Ex-Magician from the Minhota Tavern Clarice Lispector: Love Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis: The Psychiatrist Moacyr Scliar: The Plagues João Guimarães Rosa: The Third Bank of the River João Ubaldo Ribeiro: It Was a Different Day When They Killed the Pig Lygia Fagundes Telles: The Corset Rubem Fonseca: Lonelyhearts Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes: Twice with Helena

Four: Mexico

Carlos Fuentes: The Doll Queen Juan Rulfo: Luvina

Five: The Caribbean

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

Subjects

latin american fiction
latin american short stories
short stories, latin american, translations into english
translations into english