"A magnificent storyteller, one of the best of Latin America and probably of the Spanish language, unjustly not recognized as such."
—Mario Vargas Llosa

THE WORD OF THE SPEECHLESS
SELECTED STORIES

JULIO RAMÓN RIBEYRO

INTRODUCTION BY ALEJANDRO ZAMBRA
EDITED AND TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH BY KATHERINE SILVER

Julio Ramón Ribeyro did not think himself a great writer. Unrecognized until the very end of his life, Ribeyro worked quietly and steadfastly on building a body of work that would, in fact, one day mark him as a true master of the short story. The Word of the Speechless demonstrates Ribeyro's subtle but unmistakable power in this form. "Ribeyro's stories," writes Alejandro Zambra in his introduction, "lend themselves to piecemeal reading, inviting us to leaf through them to the rhythm of Metro rides and secretive workday parentheses." These are stories of compassion, about victims of modernity, about the marginalized. Edited and translated by Katherine Silver, this collection introduces readers to an indispensable and unforgettable voice of Latin American fiction.

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THUS WERE THEIR FACES
SELECTED STORIES
Silvina Ocampo
Introduction by Helen Oyeyemi
Translated from the Spanish by Daniel Balderston

THE SEVEN MADMEN
Roberto Arlt
Introduction by Julio Cortázar
Translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor

CLANDESTINE IN CHILE
Gabriel García Márquez
Preface by Francisco Goldman
Translated from the Spanish by Asa Zatz

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