"Today, in Santiago, Chile, or Buenos Aires, in Caracas or Lima, when they name the best names, María Luisa Bombal is …"

"I wish to inform the reader that even though this is a mystery, it is a mystery without murder. He will not find here…"

"The story I am about to tell is the story of my life. It begins where other stories usually end; I mean, it begins wi…"

"As night was beginning to fall, slowly her eyes opened. Oh, a little, just a little. It was as if, hidden behind her …"

"Day by day, proud human beings that we are, we have a tendency to renounce our elemental roots, which accounts for th…"

"For the majority of readers, Latin American fantastic literature operates under the tutelage of the great masters: Jo…"

"Here’s a very short list of Latin women novelists I think should have been considered part of the Boom…Mexico: Elena …"

"... This is a most decorative herb, with pink buds on stems covered with purplish-grey hairs that glisten in the sun.…"

"grows some 6–12in. high, spreading laterally, with a "japanses" style of growth, and has mint-blue flowers, like the …"

"In one home, the newly-wed is learning to cook, and as her husband enjoyed straight , she is enchanted when her roast…"