Mexican Short Stories/Cuentos Mexicanos

Greatly influenced by Europe's nineteenth-century literary trends, Mexico's writers crafted some of the most phenomenal prose fiction in Spanish America. This collection offers a rich sampling of significant Mexican short stories published from 1843 to 1918. Nine different tales range from the realism of L pez Portillo's "Reloj sin due o" and the modernismo saturating Guti rrez N jera's "La ma ana de San Juan" to the historical accuracy of Riva Palacio's "Las mulas de Su Excelencia" and the vivid romanticism of "Amor secreto" by Manuel Payno, named the "father of Mexican short stories."
Each story appears in its original Spanish text with expert English translations on each facing page. This dual-language edition features a fascinating new introduction and ample footnotes. An easy-reading pleasure for lovers of fine Spanish-language literature, it is also a valuable educational aid for students and teachers.

Author: Stanley Appelbaum
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 02/29/2008
Pages: 227
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.46w x 0.45d
ISBN13: 9780486465395
ISBN10: 048646539X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | General

About the Author
Stanley Appelbaum served for decades as Dover's Editor in Chief until his retirement in 1996. He continues to work as a selector, compiler, editor, and translator of literature in a remarkable range of languages that includes Spanish, Italian, French, German, and Russian.

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