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  Best of Contemporary Mexican Fiction (Latin American Literature) (Paperback) Edited by Alvaro Turibe, Translated by Olivia E. Sears

  

  

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  Short Description for Best of Contemporary Mexican FictionSixteen of Mexico s finest fiction writers born after 1945 arecollected in this compelling bilingual anthology, offering a glimpse ofthe rich tapestry of Mexican fiction, from small-town dramas to talesof urban savagery.
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  • Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
  • Published: 01 February 2009
  • Format: Paperback 530 pages
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  • Categories: Anthologies (non-poetry) | Contemporary Fiction | Short Stories
  • ISBN 13: 9781564785145 ISBN 10: 1564785149
  • Sales rank: 716,495

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• Many of these writers, and most of these stories, have never beforeappeared in English. Readers will meet an embalmed man positioned infront of the TV, a mariachi singer suffering from mediocrity, a man slifelong imaginary friend, and the town prostitute whose funeral drawsa crowd from the highest rungs of the social ladder.The writers that Mexican editor Alvaro Uribe selected for thisvolume are deeply engaged in the literary life of Mexico and includeprominent editors, translators, columnists, professors, and even theyoung founder of a new publishing collective. Between them they havereceived dozens of prizes, from the Xavier Villaurrutia prize toGuggenheim fellowships and other international awards.