Complete Works and Other Stories
by Monterroso, Augusto; Grossman, Edith; Corral, Will H.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1996-01-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Texas Pr
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Summary
"Sophisticated wit and playful surrealist fantasy dominate these ingenious and gently mocking tales, by a Guatemalan-born soul mate to the late Jorge Luis Borges. This first English translation of Monterroso's work offers the contents of his two published collections, Complete Works and Other Stories (1959) and Perpetual Motion (1972). They're a monument, if that isn't the wrong word, to this entertaining author's trademark 'concision and wit.'"--Kirkus Reviews"Monterroso is certainly the leading living Guatemalan writer. . . . His microcuentos are finely honed, highly ironic, sophisticated pieces which are both very good literature and excellent pedagogical devices. I would liken his short stories to some of Borges' more accessible ones, with the added dimension of political commitment."Cynthia Steele, author of Politics, Gender, and the Mexican Novel, 1968-1988: Beyond the PyramidAugusto Monterroso is widely known for short stories characterized by brilliant satire and wit. Yet behind scathing allusions to the weaknesses and defects of the artistic and intell
Table of Contents
| Before and After Augusto Monterroso | |
| Mister Taylor | p. 3 |
| One Out of Three | p. 10 |
| Finished Symphony | p. 15 |
| First Lady | p. 18 |
| The Eclipse | p. 29 |
| Diogenes Too | p. 31 |
| Leopoldo (His Labors) | p. 43 |
| The Concert | p. 59 |
| The Centennial | p. 62 |
| I Don't Want to Deceive You | p. 65 |
| Cow | p. 71 |
| Complete Works | p. 72 |
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