A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes

Introduction

One: The River Plate

Horacio Quiroga: The Dead Man

Julia Cortázar: Axolotl

Armonía Somers: Waiting for Polidoro

Jorge Luís Borges: The Circular Ruins

Juan Carlos Onetti: The Dog Will Have Its Day

Adolfo Bioy Casares: The Idol

Manuel Puig: Relative Humidity 95%

Two: Chile

Isabel Allende: Toad's Mouth

Three: Brazil

Jorge Amado: The Miracle of the Birds

Murilo Rubião: The Ex-Magician from the Minhota Tavern

Clarice Lispector: Love

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis: The Psychiatrist

Moacyr Scliar: The Plagues

João Guimarães Rosa: The Third Bank of the River

João Ubaldo Ribeiro: It Was a Different Day When They Killed the Pig

Lygia Fagundes Telles: The Corset

Rubem Fonseca: Lonelyhearts

Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes: Twice with Helena

Four: Mexico

Carlos Fuentes: The Doll Queen

Juan Rulfo: Luvina

Five: The Caribbean

Rosario Ferré: The Gift

Reinaldo Arenas: Bestial Among the Flowers

Ana Lydia Vega: Story-Bound

Gabriel García Márquez: The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship

Guillermo Cabrera Infante: The Phantom of the Essoldo

Alejo Carpentier: Journey Back to the Source