Translation and identity / by Ilan Stavans
cena = The dinner / Alfonso Reyes ; translated by Rick Francis
El lugar de su quietud = The place of its solitude / Luisa Valenzuela ; translated by Helen R. Lane
Carta a Gianfranco = Letter to Gianfranco / Marco Denevi ; translated by Alberto Manguel
Como una buena madre = A good mother / Ana María Shúa ; translated by Dick Gerdes
Oculten la luna = Hide the moon / Jorge Lanata ; translated by Asa Zatz
La música de la lluvia = The music of the rain / Silvina Ocampo ; translated by Suzanne Jill Levine
Coto de Caza = Game of shadows / Rubén Loza Aguerreberre ; translated by Donald A. Yates
Incidente en la cordillera = Incident in the cordillera / Antonio Benítez-Rojo ; translated by James Maraniss
Movimiento perpetuo = Perpetual motion / Augusto Monterroso ; translated by Edith Grossman
noche clara de los coroneles = The colonels' last blast / Jorge Medina García ; translated by Jo Anne Engelbert
Tres pesadillas = Three nightmares / Ilan Stavans ; translated by Harry Morales
Tres tiros na tarde = Three shots in the afternoon / Dalton Trevisan ; translated by Gregory Rabassa
Mangos de enero = Mangoes in January / Jorge Turner ; translated by Leland H. Chambers
Con Jimmy en Paracas = In Paracas with Jimmy / Alfredo Bryce Echenique ; translated by Hardie St. Martin
El cocodrilo = The crocodile / Felisberto Hernández ; translated by Alfred J. MacAdam
Los camalotes = The water-hyacinths / José Carmona Blanco ; translated by Toby Talbot
Epilogue / by Margaret Sayers Peden.