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In this new collection, acclaimed translator and editor Thomas Colchie brings together twenty-one mesmerizing stories-fourteen of which are being published in English for the first time-by some of today's premier voices in contemporary Latin American literature. In selections representing the wide and varied spectrum of the new Latin American writing, authors such Carmen Posadas and Jorge Volpi explore historical legends and hyper-realities with droll humor and subversive wit, while others, like Mayra Santos-Febres and Ernesto Mestre-Reed, darkly illuminate the contemporary urban scene with a grittier narrative and stylistic daring that takes the reader far beyond the tropical exotics and magical realism of the earlier "boom" writers.

Spanning life in the Latin Americas in the last several decades, the settings for these stories sweep from South America to Mexico and the Caribbean, and as far north as Alaska. A stellar collection of inventive storytelling, it will prove as irresistible as it is provocative, the mark of the very best in recent Latin American fiction.]]> 395818 3.93 30 11 55215 3.91 27954 6710 32943 3.62 138 20 116834 3.54 216 29 141862 3.52 21 7 1210837 3.10 10 4 340641 3.08 109 31 534040 3.43 14 5 1448555 3.44 9 4 4694 3.86 42393 1918 2925035 3.43 7 3 53065 3.92 74 20 7277 3.84 16247 2020 116823 3.27 201 51 12548 3.82 383 74 2925036 3.43 7 3 33407 3.59 572 105 2925037 3.43 7 3 821661 3.55 11 3 2925038 3.43 7 3 2925039 3.43 7 3 2002 1795944 9500726203 9789500726207 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188463582m/1795944.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188463582s/1795944.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1795944.El_Desierto_The_Desert 4.00 2 821661 3.55 11 3 2005 4098602 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4098602.Santiago_Cero 4.00 1 821661 3.55 11 3 1989 6577788 9507427821 9789507427824 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6577788-el-lugar-donde-estuvo-el-paraiso 3.00 1 821661 3.55 11 3 1996 2746464 9562472752 9789562472753 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2746464.La_Muralla_Enterrada 0.0 0 821661 3.55 11 3 2001 6681149 9562395227 9789562395229 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6681149-almuerzo-de-vampiros 0.0 0 821661 3.55 11 3 2009