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A Hammock beneath the mangoes : stories from Latin America

Title
A Hammock beneath the mangoes : stories from Latin America / edited by Thomas Colchie.
Publication
New York : Dutton, c1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Colchie, Thomas.
  • Kirch, Eve L.
  • Stuart, Neil.
Description
xiv, 430 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Short stories, Latin American
  • Latin American fiction > 20th century
Genre/Form
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Baskerville.
  • Dust jackets (Binding).
Note
  • Set in Baskerville.
  • Designed by Eve L. Kirch.
  • Jacket design by Neil Stuart.
  • Jacket illustration by Cathleen Toekle.
  • Bound in black quarter cloth with red stamping on spine and red paper covers. Printed dust jacket.
Contents
The dead man / Horacio Quiroga -- Axolotl / Julio Cortázar -- Waiting for Polidoro / Armonía Somers -- The circular ruins / Jorge Luís Borges -- The dog will have its day / Juan Carlos Onetti -- The idol / Adolfo Bioy Casares -- Relative humidity 95% / Manuel Puig -- Toad's mouth / Isabel Allende -- The miracle of the birds / Jorge Amado -- The ex-magician from the Minhota Tavern / Murilo Rubião -- Love / Clarice Lispector -- The psychiatrist / Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis -- The plagues / Moacyr Scliar -- The third bank of the river / João Guimarães Rosa -- It was a different day when they killed the pig / João Ubaldo Ribeiro -- The corset / Lygia Fagundes Telles -- Lonelyhearts / Rubem Fonseca -- Twice with Helena / Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes -- The doll queen / Carlos Fuentes -- Luvina / Juan Rulfo -- The gift / Rosario Ferré -- Bestial among the flowers / Reinaldo Arenas -- Story-bound / Ana Lydia Vega -- The last voyage of the ghost ship / Gabriel García Márquez -- The phantom of the Essoldo / Guillermo Cabrera Infante -- Journey back to the source / Alejo Carpentier.
Call Number
Berg Coll Arenas ZC6 H36 1991
ISBN
0525933670
LCCN
91003479
OCLC
23584611
Title
A Hammock beneath the mangoes : stories from Latin America / edited by Thomas Colchie.
Imprint
New York : Dutton, c1991.
Local Note
Berg Coll. copy contains postcard, laid in.
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Added Author
Colchie, Thomas.
Kirch, Eve L. Designer
Stuart, Neil. Bookjacket designer
Research Call Number
Berg Coll Arenas ZC6 H36 1991
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