Other Fires: Short Fiction by Latin American Women

244 Pages·1985·30.854 MB·English

by  Alberto Manguel (editor)

OTHER
FIRES
SHORT FICTION BY
LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN
EDITED BY ALBERTO MANGUEL

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OTHER
FIRES

OTHER
FIRES
SHORT FICTION BY
LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN
Edited by Alberto Manguel
Clarkson N. Potter, Inc./Publishers
DISTRIBUTED BY CROWN PUBLISHERS, INC./NEW YORK
Selection, introduction and notes copyright © byAlberto
Manguel.
English translation ofstories by SilvinaOcampo, Alejandra
Pizarnik, Liliana Heker, Marta Lynch, Beatriz Guido, Vlady
Kociancich, AngelicaGorodischer, Amparo Davila, Elena
Garro, Rosario Castellanos, Ines Arredondo, Armonia Somers
and Albalucia Angel, copyright © 1986byAlberto Manguel.
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Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Main entry undertitle:
Otherfires. —
1. LatinAmerican ficti—on Women authors.
2. Latin American fiction 20th century.
I. Manguel, Alberto.
PQ7085.073 1986 863'.01'089287 85-16893
ISBN:0-517-55870X
Design by Leslie Gimbel
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First Edition
This book is for
Ellin Slonitz,
who taught me to read
and
for
Louise Dennys,
who taught me to write

Acknowledgments
Every effort has been made to ensure that permissions for all mate-
rials acknowledged below were obtained. In the event ofany inad-
vertent omissions, formal acknowledgments will be included in all
future editions ofthis book.
Armonia Somers THE FALL, copyright © 1967 by Armonia
Somers. Translation copyright © 1985 by Alberto Manguel.
Rachel de Queiroz METONYMY, OR THE HUSBAND'S RE-
VENGE, copyright © 1958 by Rachel de Queiroz. Translation
copyright © 1967 by William L. Grossman.
Marta Lynch LATIN LOVER, copyright © 1970 by Marta Lynch.
Translation copyright © 1985 by Alberto Manguel.
Clarice Lispector THE IMITATION OF THE ROSE, copyright ©
1955 by Clarice Lispector. Translation copyright © 1980 by Gio-
vanni Pontiero.
Dinah Silveira de Queiroz GUIDANCE, copyright © 1949 by
Dinah Silveira de Queiroz. Translation copyright © 1961 by Wil-
liam L. Grossman.
Alejandra PizarnikTHE BLOODY COUNTESS, copyright © 1968
by Alejandra Pizarnik. Translation copyright © 1985 by Alberto
Manguel.
Angelica Gorodischer MAN'S DWELLING PLACE, copyright ©
1968 by Angelica Gorodischer. Translation copyright © 1985 by
Alberto Manguel.
Vlady Kociancich KNIGHT, DEATH AND THE DEVIL, copy-
right © 1968 by Vlady Kociancich. Translation copyright © 1985 by
Alberto Manguel.
Ines Arredondo THE SHUNAMMITE, copyright © 1960 by Ines
Arredondo. Translation copyright © 1985 by Alberto Manguel.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Albalucia Angel THE GUERRILLERO, copyright © 1979 by Al-
balucia Angel. Translation copyright © 1985 by Alberto Manguel.
Amparo Davila HAUTE CUISINE, copyright © 1972 by Amparo
Davila. Translation copyright © 1985 by Alberto Manguel.
Elena Poniatowska THE NIGHT VISITOR, copyright © 1985 by
Elena Poniatowska. Translation copyright © 1985 by Catherine S.
White-House.
Silvina Ocampo TWO REPORTS, copyright © 1967 by Silvina
Ocampo. Translation copyright © 1985 by Alberto Manguel.
Liliana HekerTHE STOLEN PARTY, copyright © 1982 by Liliana
Heker. Translation copyright © 1985 by Alberto Manguel.
Elena Garro IT'S THE FAULT OF THE TLAXCALTECAS,
copyright © 1965 by Elena Garro. Translation copyright © 1985 by
Alberto Manguel.
Lygia Fagundes Telles TIGRELA, copyright © 1985 by Lygia Fa-
gundes Telles. Translation copyright © 1985 by Eloah F. Giaco-
melli.
Beatriz Guido THE USURPER, copyright © 1980 by Beatriz
Guido. Translation copyright © 1985 by Alberto Manguel.
Lydia Cabrera HOWTHE MONKEY LOSTTHE FRUITOF HIS
LABOR, copyright © 1985 by Lydia Cabrera. Translation copyright
© 1985 by Suzanne Jill Levine and Mary Caldwell.
Rosario Castellanos DEATH OF THE TIGER, copyright © 1960
by Rosario Castellanos. Translation copyright © 1985 by Alberto
Manguel.