SHORT STORIES IN SPANISH. “New Penguin Parallel

Reflecting the variety of modern Spanish literature, these stories range from the sharp insights of Gabriel Garca Marquez's Mara dos Prazeres to Isabel Allende's powerful evocation of the oral traditions of the Amerindian Walimai, the deceptive simplicity of Javier Maras's On the Honeymoon, and the philosophical speculation of Laura Freixas's Absurd Ending.