by Mario Monteforte Toledo · Barral Editores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788421102947
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«Casi todos los cuentos» is the short story collection by Mario Monteforte Toledo, published in paperback by Barral Editores (362 pages, in Spanish).
The volume brings together stories by Guatemalan author Mario Monteforte Toledo within the realm of Latin American literature. Published in Spanish, they are short stories presented as a sample of his narrative and of the short story tradition in the Spanish language.
The volume is number 27 of the Hispánica Nova series, published by Barral Editores; it originally appeared in 1974.
For readers interested in Latin American narrative and in the work of twentieth-century Guatemalan authors.
Mario Monteforte Toledo was a Guatemalan writer, dramatist, and politician. Born in Guatemala City, he played important roles in the governments of both Juan José Arévalo and Jacobo Arbenz, including periods as Ambassador to the United Nations between 1946 and 1947, as a deputy in the National Congress from 1947 to 1951, and being both President of the Congress and Vice-President between 1948 and 1949 before retiring from politics in 1951. With the fall of the Arbenz administration in 1954, Monteforte went into exile in Mexico until 1987.
