Description
Book SynopsisA dual-language edition of contemporary stories from throughout the Hispanic world, perfect for learners of either language This volume of ten short stories, with parallel translations, offers students of Spanish at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature, without having constantly to refer back to a dictionary.
Richly diverse in themes and styles, the stories are by both new and well-established writers and range from the sharp insights of Gabriel García Márquez’s “María dos Prazeres” and the teasing, deceptive simplicity of Javier Marías’s “On the Honeymoon” to Isabel Allende’s powerful evocation of the oral traditions of the Amerindian and the philosophical speculation of Laura Freixas’s “Absurd Ending.”
Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.
Table of ContentsShort Stories in Spanish - New Penguin Parallel Text - Edited by John R. King Introduction
Eva's IndifferenceSoledad Puértolas (1947- )
Translated by John R. King
A Literary Tea PartyJulio Ramón Ribeyro (1929- )
Translated by Clive Griffin
On the HoneymoonJavier Marias (1951- )
Translated by Eric Southworth
WaliamaiIsabel Allende (1942- )
Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden
Maria dos PrazeresGabriel García Márquez (1928- )
Translated by Edith Grossman
Las AmigasCarlos Fuentes (1928- )
Translated by Alfred Mac Adam
Absurd EndingLaura Freixas (1958- )
Translated by John R. King
The PossessedAntonio Muñez Molina (1956- )
Translated by John R. King
Second Time RoundJulio Cortázar (1914-84)
Translated by Clive Griffin
SyllabusJuan Benet (1927-93)
Translated by Eric Southworth
Notes on Spanish Texts
Acknowledgments
