by Augusto Monterroso, Horacio Quiroga, Julio Cortázar, Jorge Luis Borges, Manuel Rojas, Augusto Roa Bastos, Gabriel García Márquez, Juan José Arreola, Alejo Carpentier · POPULAR · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788486524425
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«Relatos fantásticos latinoamericanos 2» is the anthology of fantastic tales by Augusto Monterroso, Horacio Quiroga, Julio Cortázar and others, in paperback.
This second volume brings together nine fantastic short stories by Latin American authors such as Monterroso, Quiroga, Cortázar and Borges. It includes «El eclipse», «El hombre muerto», «Continuidad de los parques» and «El libro de arena», stories that play with the uncanny, mystery and the limits of reality.
Second volume of the anthology, published by Editorial Popular in the Letra Grande collection; 94 pages in Spanish.
For readers interested in the fantastic short story and in the brief narrative of classic Latin American authors.
Augusto Monterroso Bonilla was a Honduran writer who adopted Guatemalan nationality, known for the ironical and humorous style of his short stories. He is considered an important figure in the Latin American "Boom" generation, and received several awards, including the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature (2000), Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature (1997), and Juan Rulfo Award (1996). Monterroso was a member of the Honduran Academy of Language.
