Articles tagged "Uruguayan Literature"

Ne Me Quitte Pas (Mag: Articles)

By Cristina Peri Rossi | June 1, 2012

“I can’t seem to remember her,” the man said in anguish. “I can’t remember her face or her body or her voice—that voice that I once adored. I have this mental image…...

Translated from Spanish by Megan Berkobien bilingual version

One or Two Landscapes (Mag: Articles)

By Mario Benedetti | May 3, 2010

Graciela entered the bedroom, took off her light overcoat, looked at herself in the dressing table mirror,  and frowned. Then she removed her blouse and skirt and threw herself on the bed. She bent…...

Translated from Spanish by Harry Morales

The Shakes (Mag: Articles)

By Rafael Courtoisie | November 4, 2007

Now I have to get the fourth glass down me before I can operate. I mean, the fourth glass, filled to the brim, full of the amber stuff. Yes, now I drink the amber, Scotch. Because of my liver, you know.…...

Translated from Spanish by Patricia Anne Odber de Baubeta

He Dreamed That He Was in Prison (Mag: Articles)

By Mario Benedetti | April 25, 2007

That prisoner dreamed that he was in prison. Naturally, the dreams had details and patterns. For example, on the wall of the dream there was a poster from Paris; on the real wall there was only a dark…...

Translated from Spanish by Harry Morales

Wounds and Contusions (Mag: Articles)

By Mario Benedetti | February 1, 2006

Daydreaming "See, that's why I don't want you to come by yourself." "What did I do?" "Don't make believe you don't know." "But, what did I do?" "You were going to cross with a red light."…...

Translated from Spanish by Harry Morales

Fetishists Anonymous (Mag: Articles)

By Cristina Peri Rossi | October 30, 2005

On Saturday afternoons, I'm the only woman at the Fetishists' Club. Otherwise it's just men. We meet on the weekends, before Sunday, stupid old Sunday, the gloomiest, most depressing day of…...

Translated from Spanish by Tobias Hecht

Rumors (Mag: Articles)

By Cristina Peri Rossi | February 1, 2004

Toward the end of the twentieth century, rumors about the cities spread. Some people spoke of their demise, others of a strange rebirth from out of the rubble. Clandestine groups would whisper secrets…...

Translated from Spanish by Tobias Hecht

Completely Absentminded (Mag: Articles)

By Mario Benedetti | October 1, 2003

He never considered himself an exiled politician. He abandoned his country out of a strange impulse that was forged in three stages. The first was when he was approached by four successive beggars on the…...

Translated from Spanish by Harry Morales

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