title: Cruel Fictions, Cruel Realities : Short Stories by Latin American Women Writers (Discoveries)
author: Kathy S. Leonard
description: Leonard, a professor of Spanish at Iowa State University, has assembled a collection of short stories by 12 South American writers who will mostly be unknown to American readers. Each selection is preceded by a brief biographical sketch of the author. Subjects of the stories vary widely, with most of the stories marked by heavy doses of magic realism or black humor. Among the more noteworthy are Silvia Diaz Fierro's "The Sailor's Wife," about a man in love with a mermaid, and Ines Fernandez Moreno's painful tale of a mother who literally loses all her body parts to her children's needs. Other interesting stories include one that deals with a sadistic teacher who insists his students recite the parts of the genitalia and their functions in every class, and Viviana Mellet's "Good Night Air," in which a man attempts to cope with his elderly, crotchety mother. Public libraries without very strong demand for Spanish material can safely pass this one up. <i>Nancy Pearl</i>
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  Copyright © 2019 Victoria Ellis, Cady Verdiramo  
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