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University of Texas Woven on the Loom of Time Stories by Enrique Anderson-Imbert by Enrique Anderson-Imbert, Carleton Vail, Pamela Edwards-Mondragón,Ester De Izaguirre
Argentinian Scholar And Writer Enrique Anderson-Imbert Is Familiar To Many North American Students For His La Literatura De America Latina I And Ii, Which Are Widely Used In College Spanish Courses. But Anderson-Imbert Is Also A Noted Creative Writer, Whose Use Of "Magical Realism" Helped Pave The Way For Such Writers As Borges, Cortazar, Sabato, And Ocampo. In This Anthology, Carleton Vail And Pamela Edwards-Mondragon Have Chosen Stories From The Period 1965 To 1985 To Introduce English-Speaking Readers To The Creative Work Of Enrique Anderson-Imbert.Representative Stories From The Collections The Cheshire Cat, The Swindler Retires, Madness Plays At Chess, Klein'S Bottle, Two Women And One Julian, And The Size Of The Witches Illustrate Anderson-Imbert'S Unique Style And World View. Many Are "Short Short" Stories, Which Anderson-Imbert Calls Casos (Instances). The Range Of Subjects And Points Of View Varies Widely, Challenging Such "Realities" As Time And Space, Right And Wrong, Science And Religion.In A Prologue, Anderson-Imbert Tells An Imaginary Reader, "Each One Of My Stories Is A Closed Entity, Brief Because It Has Caught A Single Spasm Of Life In A Single Leap Of Fantasy. Only A Reading Of All My Stories Will Reveal My World-View." The Reader Asks, "And Are You Sure That It Is Worth The Trouble?" Anderson-Imbert Replies, "No." The Unexpected, Ironic Ending Is One Of The Great Pleasures Of Reading Enrique Anderson-Imbert.