Microfictions (Latin American Women Writers)

Cinderella’s sisters surgically modify their feet to win the prince’s love. A werewolf gathers up enough courage to visit a dentist. A medium trying to reach the afterworld gets a recorded message. A fox and a badger compete to out-fool each other. Whether writing of insomnia from a mosquito’s point of view or showing us what happens after the princess kisses the frog, Ana María Shua, in these fleet and incandescent stories, is nothing if not pithy—except, of course, wildly entertaining. Some as short as a sentence, these microfictions have been selected and translated from four different books. Flashes of insight, cracks of wit, twists of logic, and quirks of language: these are fictions in the distinguished Argentinean tradition of Borges and Cortázar and Denevi, as powerful as they are brief. One of Argentina’s most prolific and distinguished writers, and acclaimed worldwide, Shua displays in these microfictions the epitome of her humor, riddling logic, and mastery over our imagination. Now, for the first time in English, the fox transforms itself into a fable, and “the reader is invited to find the tail.”

Literature & Fiction

Ana María Shua

Contemporary

Bison Books

Kids hate a whole host of things: from waking up early and cleaning up their roomnot to mention picking up after themselvesto going to the dentist. They will identify with the poems in this book and will laugh over the exaggeratedly hateful situations.

Las cosas que odio y otras exageraciones (Serie Naranja) (Spanish Edition)

Teen & Young Adult

Santillana

“The wink of an eye and we are transported to an unexpected realm. In very few impeccable lines, Shua’s micro short stories open new vistas to our perception of dreams, myths, fairy tales, even of our everyday life. To read her is to discover another dimension in fiction: small is absolutely beautiful, and thrilling, and often disquieting.”—Luisa Valenzuela
 Quick Fixes, a bilingual collection, reflects Ana Maria Shua’s ingenious blending of precise language, incisive humor, and incredible imagination into a unique style of sudden fiction.
 Ana Maria Shua was born in Buenos Aires and has published over forty books.

Quick Fix: Sudden Fiction (Spanish and English Edition)

History & Criticism

White Pine Press

Daughter

Literal Publishing

In this story, everything seems backwards. The circus performers do things we would never have imagined: the elephants walk the tightrope, the horses liven things up with music, the seals are happy spectators who give a standing ovation to the brave lion who sticks his head in the handler's mouth. Beginning readers will discover that imagination has no limits, and that just by changing a few things around, you can create very funny situations.

Un circo un poco raro (Descubrimos) (Spanish Edition)

Children's Books

Animals

Greek myths have withstood the passing of time. Even today, they captivate readers of all ages because of their ability to portray the human spirit in settings that appeal to our wildest flights of fancy. In this work, Ana Maria Shua masterfully relates the most beautiful mythical stories: the creation of the universe, the birth of the Olympian Gods, and the adventures of brave heroes such as Heracles, Theseus and Odysseus who will have to fight against unspeakable monsters and their own destinies.

Dioses y heroes de la mitologia griega (Spanish Edition)

Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths

Santillana Usa

Los chicos odian muchas cosas, como cortarse el pelo, bañarse, ordenar su cuarto o levantarse temprano. En este libro de poesías no sólo van a sentirse identificados, sino que también se podrán reír de los odios más exagerados.

Las cosas que odio y otras exageraciones (Spanish Edition)

Arts, Music & Photography

Alfaguara

Greek myths have withstood the passing of time. Even today, they captivate readers of all ages because of their ability to portray the human spirit in settings that appeal to our wildest flights of fancy. Ana Maria Shua masterfully relates a selection of them: the creation of the universe, the birth of the Olympian Gods, and the adventures of brave heroes such as Heracles, Theseus, and Odysseus who fight against unspeakable monsters.

Dioses y héroes de la mitología griega (Serie Azul) (Spanish Edition)

Action & Adventure

El telefono me desperto como si gritara. Era mi padre. Era de noche. Escrita en 1997 esta novela se desarrolla en una Buenos Aires futura y lejana que con ese don profetico que a veces tiene la ficcion de a ratos parece proxima. La ciudad esta dividida en barrios cerrados y tierra de nadie; el poder del Estado es practicamente nulo; la violencia es permanente y las camaras de seguridad estan en todas partes; ante la fragilidad individual y social impera la cultura de lo aparente y lo artificial. El protagonista de esta novela Ernesto Kollody es un cincuenton divorciado que ha vivido a la sombra de un padre terrible. Viejo y enfermo este es internado en una Casa de Recuperacion donde intentaran prolongar sin piedad su agonia. Pero Ernesto logra sacarlo de all? para ayudarlo a morir en paz. Mientras padre e hijo atraviesan juntos las mas increibles peripecias Ernesto se las relata a su ex amante una mujer casada de la que sigue enamorado. La muerte como efecto secundario narra como pocas

La Muerte Como Efecto Secundario

Emecé

La hermosa vampirizada y otros cuentos de vampiros (Spanish Edition)

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