Harriet J. Bauman
Borges, Jorge Luis.
Ficciones
(New York: Grove Press, Inc.), 1962.
An anthology of important stories. Excellent translations. Stories other than “The South” can be read and discussed.
Carpentier, Alejo.
War of Time
(New York: Alfred A. Knopf). 1970.
Unfortunately this book is out of print. A copy of “Journey Back to the Source” is on file at the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, 53 Wall Street New Haven, Ct.
Cortázar, Julio. Blow-Up and Other Stories (New York: Pantheon Books), 1967.
A very interesting anthology of stories. Many of them can be read and discussed by students.
Cortázar, Julio. “The Southern Thruway”.
A copy of this story is also on file at the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, 53 Wall Street New Haven, Ct.
Garc’a Márquez Gabriel.
No
One
Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories
(New York: Harper and Row Publishers), 1968.
This collection of stories contains “Big Mama’s Funeral” which is used in this unit. Any of the other stories can be used with a class.
Monegal, Emir Rodr’guez, editor.
The Borzoi Anthology of Latin American Literature
Vol. I (New York: Alfred A. Knopf), 1977.
An anthology of Latin American Literature from the time of Columbus to the Twentieth Century. Good explanatory introductions. Excerpts of different genres and whole stories are included.
Monegal, Emir Rodr’guez, editor.
The Borzoi Anthology of Latin American Literature
Vol. II (New York: Alfred A. Knopf), 1986.
This volume continues the anthology from the previous volume and concentrates on modern literature. A very useful set of books.