Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

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