“The inner life of indoor plants” by Patricio Pron “In his best stories, Pron usually presents us with a powerful, visual image, situation or scene -an accident, a flight, a run-in with a more or less devastating chance-, starting from it, fleeing from the typical linear structure, exploring the before and after,
“A relative stranger: stories” by Charles Baxter “Set in the Michigan landscape that Charles Baxter has made his own, these thirteen exquisite stories illuminate the often curious connections of relatives and strangers.” Extracted from Powells. See also: http://www.charlesbaxter.com/published_works/published_relative.htm http://annotationnation.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/a-relative-stranger-stories/ http://www.elpais. com/todo-sobre/persona/Charles/Baxter/2049/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Baxter_(author) The selected titles are a sample of the Institute's Library materials
“Ojos de perro azul” by Gabriel García Márquez “These early stories by the later Nobel laureate were written and published between 1947 and 1955, although, as a book, Ojos de perro azul would not appear until 1974, when the writer had already published other two books of short stories and four novels, of which the last,
“Bagombo snuff box: uncollected short fiction” by Kurt Vonnegut “For this unusual collection, Vonnegut has selected twenty-four of his favorite stories never published before in book form and has written a new preface for the occasion.” Extracted from Rbooks. See also: http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-399-14505-6 http://www.vonnegutweb.com/vonnegutia/biblio.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagombo_Snuff_Box The selected titles are a sample of the materials of the
“The pastures of heaven” by John Steinbeck “The Pastures of Heaven is a short story cycle by John Steinbeck, first published in 1932, consisting of twelve interconnected stories about a valley in Monterey, California, which was discovered by a Spanish corporal while chasing runaway Indian slaves.” Extracted from Wikipedia. See also: http://www.suite101.com/content/john-steinbecks-the-pastures-of-heaven-a74529 http://as.sjsu.edu/steinbeck/teaching_steinbeck/index.jsp?val=teaching_pastures_of_heaven_homepage http ://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck The
“Pure Anarchy” by Woody Allen “Twenty-five years after his last book of short stories, Woody Allen makes us laugh again with his stories: from the police to gourmets, from Mickey Mouse to private detectives to nurseries, nothing escapes Woody Allen's acid taunts in these eighteen stories." Extracted from the
“No one belongs here more than you” by Miranda July “Filmmaker and performing artist Miranda July brings her extraordinary talents to the audio short story in a startling, sexy, and tender collection. In these stories, July gives the most seemingly insignificant moments a sly potency. A benign encounter, a misunderstanding, a shy revelation can reconfigure
“The meridian devil” by Luis Mateo Díez “This volume is made up of three short novels (The meridian devil, The shadow of Anubis and Lucerna Guesthouse) apparently independent but linked by a mythical-realistic space that Luis Mateo Díez has been forging throughout of his novels and narratives. All the characters are broken, fragmented by a