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Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories (Tezontle)
Sun Stone and Shadows 20 Great Mexican Short Stories - Tezontle Author:Jorge F. Hernandez (Editor) This anthology presents a collection of twenty stories of extraordinary quality, written by the finest Mexican authors born during the first half of the twentieth century. Through these pages, readers will tour the real and the unreal, the faithfully rendered and the fantastic, as well as the tangible past of Mexican history. — They will also tra... more »vel between urban reflections on everyday life and intimate inventions that set Mexico apart from landscapes, other cultures, and other literatures. Part of the Big Read Selection
My life with the wave / Octavio Paz --
Chac-mool / Carlos Fuentes --
History according to Pao Cheng / Salvador Elizondo --
The night of Margaret Rose / Francisco Tario --
The mist / Juan de la Cabada --
The little doe / JoseÌ Revueltas --
The medicine man / Francisco Rojas Gonz\74\alez --
Blame the Tlaxcaltecs / Elena Garro --
The dinner / Alfonso Reyes --
Tell them not to kill me! / Juan Rulfo --
The carnival of the bullets / MartiÌn Luis GuzmaÌn --
Permission granted / Edmundo Valad\74\es --
The Shunammite / IneÌs Arredondo --
Cooking lesson / Rosario Castellanos --
Tachas / EfreÌn HernaÌndez --
What became of Pampa Hash? / Jorge IbargeÌngoitia --