About this Book

Introduction One: The River Plate Horacio Quiroga: The Dead Man Julia Cortßzar: Axolotl Armonfa Somers: Waiting for Polidoro Jorge Lufs 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 Rubipo: The Ex-Magician from the Minhota Tavern Clarice Lispector: Love Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis: The Psychiatrist Moacyr Scliar: The Plagues Jopo Guimarpes Rosa: The Third Bank of the River Jopo Ubaldo Ribeiro: It Was a Different Day When They Killed the Pig Lygia Fagundes Telles: The Corset Rubem Fonseca: Lonelyhearts Paulo Emflio Salles Gomes: Twice with Helena Four: Mexico Carlos Fuentes: The Doll Queen Juan Rulfo: Luvina Five: The Caribbean Rosario FerrT: The Gift Reinaldo Arenas: Bestial Among the Flowers Ana Lydia Vega: Story-Bound Gabriel Garcfa Mßrquez: The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship Guillermo Cabrera Infante: The Phantom of the Essoldo Alejo Carpentier: Journey Back to the Source