Latin American Short Stories

"El elogio de la nieve" es un cuento de Hugo Burel que obtuvo el Premio Juan Rulfo de Radio Francia Internacional en 1995. En el texto, Burel realiza una reflexión colectiva sobre Uruguay y los uruguayos a través de una reunión de varios tertulianos en un café de Montevideo. Los personajes discuten la posibilidad de que esa noche caiga nieve sobre la ciudad. Sin embargo, su conversación aparentemente encierra un profundo estudio tanto de la identidad del país del autor.

A Dublinesos, Jame Joyce reuneix quinze relats que recreen episodis de la seva ciutat. Les diverses històries s'encreuen i els personatges van i vénen, desapareixen i reapareixen, de manera que s'ha vist en aquest llibre una novel·la amb un únic personatge: Dublin.

During a visit to her dying friend, a woman discovers to her horror that his family and his home are one. SonicMovies are premium audios with strong vocal performances enhanced by music and sound effects to such an extent they sound like movies, hence, SonicMovies.

No ritmo das pedaladas de uma bicicleta, a estrada passa sob os pés do protagonista André, enquanto este percorre o sul do Brasil, o Uruguai, a Argentina, até chegar a Sucre, na Bolívia, cidade onde desaparece. Através de seu diário, enviado ao amigo Jean pouco depois da última nota, é que temos acesso aos lugares onde passou, as pessoas com quem conviveu e os fantasmas que o perseguiram durante a jornada.

Ci sono fili capaci di unire i mondi interiori delle donne: a volte sono la forza delle risate, il valore dell'amicizia, l'amore o il sesso; altre, la paura di fronte a un matrimonio inaridito, l'ipocrisia, la solitudine o il timore dell'abbandono. Ancora una volta, Marcela Serrano dimostra il suo talento nel penetrare anima e psicologia femminili con venti racconti appassionanti e potenti, abitati da donne fragili, forti, avventurose e timorose, casalinghe o intellettuali, le cui voci e storie si imprimono a fuoco nella memoria dei lettori.

Álex Ayala escribe acerca de unos jubilados que cumplen heroicamente su última misión en la vida: vigilar una estatua de John Lennon para que nadie robe sus características gafas. Y también lo hace sobre los habitantes de un pueblo de Bolivia que comercian con sus recuerdos sobre las últimas horas de vida del Che Guevara. En otro capítulo se habla del sastre Sillerico, quien ha gozado del dudoso honor de ver en paños menores a la mayoría de los presidentes de su país.

Rosalinda Alameda is in her element. The carousel is spinning, the bears are lounging by their waterfall, and the two elephants are playfully making music with their drums. The brilliant summer sun reminds her of her native Puerto Rico. But despite the warm sunshine and the joyous laughter of the children, Rosalinda can sense that something is not quite right.

Pourquoi le chat s'en va-t-il tout seul ? Les chats anglais sont-ils vraiment les plus distingués ? Par quel prodige cet animal maléfique est-il devenu, au fil du temps, l'ami incontournable du monde de la culture ? Vous trouverez réponse à ces épineuses questions, et à bien d'autres, dans notre sélection de 17 textes cultes commentés et mis en perspective. Une balade littéraire divertissante et instructive à travers les textes de Baudelaire, du Bellay, Dumas, Poe, Perrault, Carrol, Montaigne, Verlaine, Balzac, Renard, La Fontaine, Champfleury, Moncrif. Textes commentés par Sylvain Trias.

This tender love ballad is set deep in the jungles of Mexico and tells the story of Victoriano and Mira Bella, a young couple madly in love with "enormous proliferations of passion". Laid out in colorful, poetic text with a creative ending told in two letters - one written by Victoriano, the other written by an American artist visiting their beautiful world.

El tercer audiolibro de cuentos de Hugo Burel aúna una vez más todas las obsesiones del autor: un reflejo de su Uruguay contemporáneo, su amor por la ciudad de Montevideo a pesar de la certeza de sus luces y sus sombras, la profundad exploración de la psicología de sus personajes y un gusto irredento por la intriga y los tejemanejes clásicos del género negro, todo ello envuelto en una prosa concisa, afilada y contundente a la vez.

Rosalinda Alameda adores zoos. When Massachusetts's summertime "Free Fridays" promotion features the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Rosalinda grabs her camera and heads east. A full day amongst lions and tigers is about the best outing she can possibly imagine. But something's wrong at the zoo, and it'll take a combination of her Puerto Rican common sense and her 50 years of wisdom to unravel the puzzle!

Es un cuento que se desarrolla en Río de Janeiro a finales del siglo XIX. La narración se centra en el mayor Anacleto, un anciano de modestos recursos que inesperadamente hereda una gran suma de dinero. Esta ganancia inesperada altera su posición social y expone la verdadera naturaleza de quienes lo rodean. Mientras el Mayor Anacleto navega por las complejidades de la nueva riqueza, Machado de Assis examina satíricamente la respuesta humana al dinero. La historia ofrece un agudo comentario sobre las actitudes sociales hacia la riqueza, revelando la hipocresía y el oportunismo.

"O Espelho" é um conto filosófico de Machado de Assis que explora a complexidade da identidade humana. A história é narrada por Jacobina, um homem que, em uma conversa com amigos, relata uma experiência extraordinária que vivenciou. Após receber um uniforme militar, Jacobina se isola em uma casa de campo onde, ao se olhar em um espelho, começa a perceber uma mudança inquietante: sua imagem refletida parece perder a substância à medida que sua vida social e exterior se distancia.

Despite Carlos' mundane life, killing weeds for his father's rich customers, is billions of miles from the stars he observes in the night sky, or from the kids who sit in the canteen with their healthy sandwiches and bottled water. His life is a billion miles from their reality, and the reality of a stable life in America as he dreams of becoming a citizen. While their families provide them with nice clothes, large houses and cars to travel to school in, Carlos makes do with gas-fumed rags of clothes and a gap between his front teeth. In order to cope, he immerses himself in thoughts of the universe, and learns of black holes, gravity and the beguiling Casimir Effect.

Tradotti per la prima volta in Italiano, i racconti di Fabio Fernandes – tra indagini su libri enigmatici, incubi post-cyberpunk, bizzarre ricerche genealogiche e scenari che avvicinano la Singolarità tecnologica – aprono uno squarcio illuminante sullo stato dell’arte della fantascienza brasiliana e, più in generale, sulla narrativa di speculazione proveniente dal Sud America.

Rosalinda Alameda is celebrating her first year anniversary working at the Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts. She is talking with her beloved mother, who still lives in Puerto Rico. Everything is going just perfectly. But then her world turns completely upside-down, and everything she holds dear is threatened. The Flustered Flamingo is the 10th book in the Rosalinda Alameda Mystery series. These short stories feature the zoos that Rosalinda loves with a passion. Author Lisa Shea goes to each zoo personally to write up its sights, sounds, and aromas.

Rosalinda, Christian, and the three girls are enjoying the autumn splendour of King Richard's Faire. It seems there is everything and anything going on at this Renaissance Festival. But trouble brews around the corner....

Rosalinda Alameda's dreams are coming true. She's being tested on her zoo knowledge, and if the stars are aligned she might even get that job she has always hoped for. But first comes a practicum at the Capron Park Zoo. Old friends and new faces will challenge her skills....

An odd, turn-of-the-century tale of disconnection follows a quiet little man who wanders about the day in the shadows of an overbearing wife. Willing to do anything to find the love they once shared, he trails her patiently, almost invisibly, to an unexpected ending. "The Peace of Pi" is written with a curious blend of rhythm and rhyme, as a long-form poetic short story.

While Robert Louis Stevenson is most famous for novels like Treasure Island and Kidnapped, he also wrote a number of excellent stories of the supernatural. "Markheim" is one of his best.