Author: bcw56

July 2021

The July stories ordered solely on my personal tastes.

1. ‘Blow-Up’ by Julio Cortázar
2. ‘The Secret Miracle’ by Jorge Luis Borges
3. ‘Happy Birthday’ by Clarice Lispector
4. ‘End Of The Game’ by Julio Cortázar
5. ‘Lima, Peru, July 28, 1979’ by Daniel Alarcón
6. ‘Balthazar’s Marvelous Afternoon’ by Gabriel García Márquez
7. ‘I’m Your Horse In The Night’ by Luisa Valenzuela
8. ‘Birds In The Mouth’ by Samanta Schweblin
9. ‘The Smallest Woman In The World’ by Clarice Lispector
10. ‘House Taken Over’ by Julio Cortázar
11. ‘A Singular Occurrence’ by Machado de Assis
12. ‘The Challenge’ by Mario Vargas Llosa
13. ‘Absit’ by Angélica Gorodischer
14. ‘The Lottery Ticket’ by Ventura García Calderón
15. ‘Meat’ by Virgilio Piñera
16. ‘The Chicken’ by Clarice Lispector
17. ‘The Obedient Ones’ by Clarice Lispector
18. ‘Letter To A Young Lady In Paris’ by Julio Cortázar
19. ‘Decoration Day’ by Sarah Orne Jewett
20. ‘Penelope’ by Dalton Trevisan
21. ‘The Night Face Up’ by Julio Cortázar
22. ‘The Dinner’ by Clarice Lispector
23. ‘The Legend Of ‘El Cadejo’’ by Miguel Angel Asturias

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