Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction -- Midnight Mass/ Joaquim María Machado de Assis -- The Case of Señorita Amelia/ Rubén Darío -- Yzur/ Leopoldo Lugones -- How the Flamingoes Got Their Stockings/ Horacio Quiroga -- Peace on High/ Rómulo Gallegos -- The Legend of "El Cadejo"/ Miguel Angel Asturias -- Big Precipice/ Jorge Icaza -- Two Dollars Worth of Water/ Juan Bosch -- Sweat/ Jorge Amado -- Small-Time Property Owners/ Jorge Luis Borges -- Journey Back to the Source/ Alejo Carpentier -- The Blue Bouquet/ Octavio Paz -- Letter to a Young Lady in Paris/ Julio Cortázar -- The Third Bank of the River/ Joao Guimaraes Rosa -- I'm Telling You the Truth/ Juan José Arreola -- The Vacant Lot/ Augusto Roa Bastos -- Just Lather, That's All/ Hernando Téllez -- A Letter About Emilia/ Adolfo Bioy Casares -- The Tree/ María Luisa Bombal -- Talpa/ Juan Fulfo -- The Doll Queen/ Carlos Fuentes -- Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon/ Gabriel García Máquez -- Paseo/ José Donoso -- The Imitation of the Rose/ Clarice Lispector -- Island of Manhattan/ René Marqués -- Welcome, Bob/ Juan Carlos Onetti -- Gloria's Saturday/ Mario Benedetti -- The Innocents/ Pedro Juan Soto -- Nest, Door, Neighbors/ Guillermo Cabrera Infante -- Honor Cleaned/ Norberto Fuentes -- Sunday/ Mario Vargas Llosa -- A Meeting/ manuel Puig -- Ernesto's Mother/ Abelardo Castillo -- Mourning/ José Agustín -- Further Readings…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…El ahogado más hermoso del mundo / Gabriel García Márquez. El gardagujas / Juan José Arreola. …”