Complete Works and Other Stories by Augusto Monterroso

Complete Works and Other Stories by Augusto Monterroso

Augusto Monterroso is widely known for short stories characterized by brilliant satire and wit. Yet behind scathing allusions to the weaknesses and defects of the artistic and intellectual worlds, they show his generous and expansive sense of compassion. This book brings together for the first time in English the volumes Complete Works (and Other Stories) (Obras completas [y otros cuentos] 1959) and Perpetual Motion (Movimiento perpetuo 1972). Together, they reveal Monterroso as a foundational author of the new Latin American narrative.

Sophisticated wit and playful surrealist fantasy dominate these ingenious and gently mocking tales, by a Guatemalan-born soul mate to the late Jorge Luis BorgesThis first English translation of Monterroso’s work offers the contents of his two published collections, Complete Works and Other Stories (1959) and Perpetual Motion (1972). They’re a monument, if that isn’t the wrong word, to this entertaining author’s trademark ‘concision and wit.’ * Kirkus Reviews *

Augusto Monterroso is the internationally renowned author of nine books, including The Black Sheep and Other Fables. A resident of Mexico since 1956, he won the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize, Mexico's highest literary honor, in 1975.

Edith Grossman is an award-winning translator of contemporary Latin American literature. Her recent publications include Strange Pilgrims and Of Love and Other Demons, by Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez, and Maqroll and The Adventures of Maqroll, by Alvaro Mutis.

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ISBN 13	9780292751842
ISBN 10	0292751842
Title	Complete Works and Other Stories
Author	Augusto Monterroso
Series	Texas Pan American Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Texas Press
Year published	1996-01-01
Number of pages	170
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