Magical Realist Fiction: An Anthology

A treasure trove of unusual fiction spanning authors from Gogol and Kafka through Woolf and Nabokov to Calvino, Garcia Marquez, and Barthelme. A poet's companion, a student's delight, great bedside reading.Magical Realist Fiction includes:The nose by Nikolai GogolThe porcelain doll by Leo TolstoyThe wardrobe by Thomas MannA tale of the cavalry by Hugo von HofmannsthalThe jolly corner by Henry JamesThe death of Chamberlain Brigge (excerpt). The hand (excerpt) by Rainer Marie RilkeOdour of chrysanthemums. The blind man by D.H. LawrenceA country doctor. The bucket rider by Franz KafkaThe sin of Jesus by Isaac BabelLyompa by Yuri OleshaThe Egyptian stamp (excerpt) by Osip Emilievich MandelstamThe great frost (excerpt) by Virginia WoolfThe street of crocodiles by Bruno SchulzThe visit to the museum by Vladimir NabokovNew islands by María Luisa BombalIn the land of magic (excerpt) by Henri MichauxThe old people by William FaulknerMoon Lake by Eudora WeltyThe piano by Aníbal Monteiro MachadoThe aleph. The south by Jorge Luis BorgesMy life with the wave by Octavio PazThe enormous radio by John CheeverThe guest by Vjekoslav KalebGogol's wife by Tommaso LandolfiMajor Aranda's hand by Alfonso ReyesAxolotl. The night face up by Julio CortázarJourney to the seed by Alejo CarpentierThe smallest woman in the world by Clarice LispectorAura by Carlos FuentesIn the village by Elizabeth BishopThe distance of the moon. Invisible cities (excerpt) by Italo CalvinoA very old man with enormous wings. Blacamán the Good, vendor of miracles by Gabriel García MárquezCloud maker by Robert EscarpitViews of my father weeping by Donald BarthelmeThe angels (excerpt) by Milan Kundera