Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• vii • Lighting the Lamps: A Preface • essay by Francine Prose
• xvii • Introduction (Piano Stories) • essay by Italo Calvino
• xxi • Translator's Note (Piano Stories) • essay by Luis Harss
• 3 • How Not to Explain My Stories • short fiction by Felisberto Hernández (trans. of Explicación falsa de mis cuentos 1955)
• 5 • Just Before Falling Asleep • short fiction by Felisberto Hernández
• 7 • The Stray Horse • short fiction by Felisberto Hernández (trans. of El caballo perdido 1943)
• 45 • No One Had Lit a Lamp • short story by Felisberto Hernández (trans. of Nadie encendía las lámparas 1947)
• 53 • The Balcony • short fiction by Felisberto Hernández (trans. of El balcón 1947)
• 69 • The Usher • short fiction by Felisberto Hernández (trans. of El acomodador 1947)
• 87 • Except Julia • short fiction by Felisberto Hernández (trans. of Menos Julia 1947)
• 107 • The Woman Who Looked Like Me • short fiction by Felisberto Hernández (trans. of La mujer parecida a mí 1947)
• 121 • My First Concert • short fiction by Felisberto Hernández (trans. of Mi primer concierto 1947)
• 129 • The Dark Dining Room • short fiction by Felisberto Hernández (trans. of El comedor oscuro 1947)
• 147 • The Green Heart • short fiction by Felisberto Hernández (trans. of El corazón verde 1947)
• 155 • "Lovebird" Furniture • short fiction by Felisberto Hernández (trans. of Muebles "El canario" 1947)
• 159 • The Two Stories • short fiction by Felisberto Hernández (trans. of Las dos historias 1947)
• 173 • The Daisy Dolls • short fiction by Felisberto Hernández (trans. of Las Hortensias 1949)
• 229 • The Flooded House • short fiction by Felisberto Hernández (trans. of La casa inundada 1960)