Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories, edited by Jorge Hernandez, and published by Fondo de Cultura Economica, is a collection of short stories written by Mexican authors born in the first half of the twentieth century.
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| Author | Jorge Hernandez, editor |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Short stories |
Publication date | 2008 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | 978-968-16-8594-2 (US-paperback) |
It is one of the books selected for the National Endowment for the Arts' "Big Read" nationwide literacy initiative.[1]
Contents
editIntroduction, Jorge Hernandez
The Fantastic Unreal
- My Life with the Wave, by Octavio Paz
- Chac-Mool, by Carlos Fuentes
- History According to Pao Cheng, by Salvador Elizondo
- The Night of Margaret Rose, by Francisco Tario
Scenes from Mexican Reality
- The Mist, by Juan de la Cabada
- The Little Doe, by Jose Revueltas
- The Medicine Man, by Francisco Rojas Gonzalez
- Blame the Tlaxcaltecs, by Elena Garro
The Tangible Past
- The Dinner, by Alfonso Reyes
- Tell Them Not to Kill Me!, by Juan Rulfo
- The Carnival of the Bullets, by Martin Luis Guzman
- Permission Granted, by Edmundo Valades
The Unexpected in Everyday, Urban Life
- The Shunammite, by Ines Arredondo
- Cooking Lesson, by Rosario Castellanos
- Tachas, by Efren Hernandez
- What Became of Pampa Hash?, by Jorge Ibarguengoitia
Intimate Imagination
- The Switchman, by Juan Jose Arreola
- The Square, by Juan Garcia Ponce
- The Panther, by Sergio Pitol
- August Afternoon, by Jose Emilio Pacheco
References
edit- ^ "Sun, Stone, and Shadows". www.arts.gov. 2013-11-24. Retrieved 2024-03-12.