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![]() ![]() "Augusto Monterroso is widely known for short stories characterized by brilliant satire and wit. I would liken his short stories to some of Borges' more accessible ones, with the added dimension of political commitment." - Cynthia Steele His microcuentos are finely honed, highly ironic, sophisticated pieces which are both very good literature and excellent pedagogical devices. "Monterroso is certainly the leading living Guatemalan writer. "Sophisticated wit and playful surrealist fantasy dominate these ingenious and gently mocking tales, by a Guatemalan-born soul mate to the late Jorge Luis Borges." - Kirkus Reviews by Edith Grossman, University of Texas Press, 1995. Augusto Monterroso, Complete Works and Other Stories, Trans.
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