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Pat McNees Mancini

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This collection of 35 stories by Latin American authors may stretch the definition of "contemporary" a bit, since some of the stories were published in the early 20th century, but in the contemporary context of 1974, most of these authors and their works would have been unknown to an English-speaking audience. The collection includes some heavy hitters (Jorge Luis Borges, Octavio Paz, Gabríel Garcia Márquez, Mario Varga Llosa) as well as many authors that were unfamiliar to me, from all over Latin America. The stories themselves are really strong -- ranging in length from just a few pages to entire novellas, they include magical realism, formal structure, humor, tragedy, and political metaphors. Some particular favorites of mine were the extremely weird "Letter to a Young Lady in Paris," by Julio Cortázar (so many bunnies!); the brooding and atmospheric "The Doll Queen," by Carlos Fuentes; "Nest, Door, Neighbors," by Guillermo Cabrera Infante (with the added bonus of being translated by the author, which brings in some excellent effects), and "Paseo," by José Donoso, which I still can't get out of my head.

[full review here: http://spacebeer.blogspot.com/2016/08/contemporary-latin-american-short.html ]
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Table of Contents
Betts, Doris. The ugliest pilgrim.
Beattie, Ann. Wanda's.
Friedman, Bruce Jay. Back to back.
Gaines, Ernest J. The sky is gray.
Taylor, Peter. A wife of Nashville.
Brown, Rosellen. I am not Luis Beech-nut.
Barthelme, Donald. The temptation of St. Anthony.
O'Connor, Flannery. Revelation.
Oates, Joyce Carol. In the region of ice.
Malamud, Bernard. Black is my favorite color.
Ozick, Cynthia. An education.
Yates, Richard. A really good jazz piano.
Updike, John. Separating.
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Werke
10
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140
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#146,473
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4.0
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2
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11

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