β Scribed by Ocampo, Silvina
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A collection of Ocampo's best short fiction and novella-length stories from her whole writing life. Stories about creepy doubles, a marble statue of a winged horse that speaks to a girl, a house of sugar that is the site of an eerie possession, children who lock their perverse mothers in a room and burn it, a lapdog who records the dreams of an old woman.;From forgotten journey (1937) : Forgotten journey ; Strange visit -- From Autobiography of Irene (1948) : The imposter ; Autobiography of Irene -- From The fury (1959) : The house made of sugar ; The clock house ; Mimoso ; The Sibyl ; The basement ; The photographs ; Magush ; The objects ; The fury ; Azabache ; The velvet dress ; Leopoldina's dreams ; The wedding ; Voice on the telephone ; The punishment ; The prayer ; Friends ; Report on heaven and hell -- From The guests (1961) : Thus were their faces ; Revelation ; Visions ; The bed ; Lovers ; The expiation ; Icera ; The perfect crime ; The mortal sin ; The guests -- From Days of night (1970) : Men animals vines ; Livio Roca ; The doll ; Carl Herst -- From And so forth (1987) : The music of the rain ; Sheets of earth ; And so forth ; A doll's secret memories -- From Cornelia before the mirror (1988) : Cornelia before the mirror ; (Com)passion.
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