β Scribed by Fraile, Medardo; Jull Costa, Margaret; Smith, Ali
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Cover; Title Page; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; BERTA'S PRESENCE; WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT HEAD OF YOURS?; A SHIRT; TYPIST OR QUEEN; CHILD'S PLAY; THINGS LOOK DIFFERENT IN THE LIGHT; THE CASHIER; THE ALBUM; THE LEMON DROP; THAT NOVEL; RESTLESS EYES; THE LETTER; NALA AND DAMAYANTI; REPARATION; FULL STOP; THE CAR; SEΓOR OTAOLA, NATURAL SCIENCES; THE SEA; NELSON STREET. CUL-DE-SAC; CLOTI; MISTAKEN IDENTITIES; THE BOOKSTALL; THE ARMCHAIR; OLD MAN DRIVE; LAST RITES; PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM; THE BENCH; AN EPISODE FROM NATIONAL HISTORY; THE LAST SHOUT; TRANSLATOR'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.;From one of the finest short-story writers in Spanish, this is the first anthology of his work to appear in English. Like Anton Chekhov and Katherine Mansfield, Medardo Fraile is a chronicler of the minor tragedies and triumphs of ordinary life, and each short tale opens up an entire exquisite world. Medardo Fraile, born in Madrid in 1925, is considered to be one of Spain's finest short-story writers. The collection Cuentos de verdad (on which this anthology is based), won him the 1965 Premio Nacional de la CrΓtica. While his stories have appeared in translation in other s.
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