<DIV><b>Introduction</b><p> One: The River Plate<p> Horacio Quiroga: The Dead Man<br> Julia Cortázar: Axolotl<br> Armonía Somers: Waiting for Polidoro<br> Jorge Luís Borges: The Circular Ruins<br> Juan Carlos Onetti: The Dog Will Have Its Day<br> Adolfo Bioy Casares: The Idol<br> Manuel Puig: Relative Humidity 95%<p> <b>Two: Chile</b><p> Isabel Allende: Toad's Mouth<p> <b>Three: Brazil</b><p> Jorge Amado: The Miracle of the Birds<br> Murilo Rubião: The Ex-Magician from the Minhota Tavern<br> Clarice Lispector: Love<br> Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis: The Psychiatrist<br> Moacyr Scliar: The Plagues<br> João Guimarães Rosa: The Third Bank of the River<br> João Ubaldo Ribeiro: It Was a Different Day When They Killed the Pig<br> Lygia Fagundes Telles: The Corset<br> Rubem Fonseca: Lonelyhearts<br> Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes: Twice with Helena<p> <b>Four: Mexico</b><p> Carlos Fuentes: The Doll Queen<br> Juan Rulfo: Luvina<p> <b>Five: The Caribbean</b><p> Rosario Ferré: The Gift<br> Reinaldo Arenas: Bestial Among the Flowers<br> Ana Lydia Vega: Story-Bound<br> Gabriel García Márquez: The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship<br> Guillermo Cabrera Infante: The Phantom of the Essoldo<br> Alejo Carpentier: Journey Back to the Source<p></DIV>