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albertomdh's review against another edition
5.0
Cuentos breves de Monterroso, incluyendo su famoso Dinosaurio. Relatos breves con personajes memorables a los que el autor es capaz de caracterizar con unas pocas frases. Brillante.
aarongertler's review against another edition
4.0
Very quick read, with enough strong stories to be worth the time (though many of the shortest stories don't merit the single page on which they were written, which saddens my flash-fiction-loving heart).
Stories I liked: "One Out of Three", "Tender Rose", "I Don't Want to Deceive You" "Perpetual Motion", "Complete Works", "How I Got Rid of Five Hundred Books"
Stories I *really* liked: "Leopoldo (His Labors)", "The Advantages and Disadvantages of Jorge Luis Borges", "Christmas. New Year's. Whatever"
Stories I liked: "One Out of Three", "Tender Rose", "I Don't Want to Deceive You" "Perpetual Motion", "Complete Works", "How I Got Rid of Five Hundred Books"
Stories I *really* liked: "Leopoldo (His Labors)", "The Advantages and Disadvantages of Jorge Luis Borges", "Christmas. New Year's. Whatever"
izumen's review against another edition
“Вас ви мъчи една от най-нормалните за човешкия род болежки: нуждата да общувате със себеподобните си. Откакто е започнал да говори, човекът не е открил нищо по-приятно от другаря, който да го изслуша с интерес, все едно дали в неволя, или в радост. И любовта дори не може да се сравни с това чувство. Има хора, които се задоволяват с един приятел. Съществуват и такива, на които не им стигат и хиляда. Вие сте от последните и тъкмо в тази ви принадлежност се корени както вашето нещастие, така и моето занимание.”
luanndie's review against another edition
4.0
Esta es la primera obra que leo de Monterroso y me ha cautivado. Tal vez más conocido por su microcuento El dinosaurio, sus otras historias no merecen menos atención. Cargados de ironía (lo que se puede ver ya simplemente por el hecho de titular a su primer libro Obras completas) y sin dejar títere con cabeza, son cuentos que se sienten muy actuales para haber sido escritos hace ya más de 80 años. Un tesoro de la literatura latinoamericana.
anto's review against another edition
4.0
3,5 ⭐
Trece relatos del maestro guatemalteco que van desde el conocido dinosaurio hasta compleja vida del hombre más alto del mundo. Mucho humor e ironía, con algo de melancolía, en una colección con la que me estreno con Monterroso.
Trece relatos del maestro guatemalteco que van desde el conocido dinosaurio hasta compleja vida del hombre más alto del mundo. Mucho humor e ironía, con algo de melancolía, en una colección con la que me estreno con Monterroso.
scottishben's review
4.0
In this you can kind of see how it might have influenced a range of writers from the likes of George Saunders to Lydia Davis. My only negative is that not being sufficiently aware of the politics or histories alluded to I probably am not capturing all there is to see and appreciate here.
Beyond that if I look at one of the stories that takes a fable/magical realist approach that I often want to like but find myself not but does it well enough that not only do I not mind too much but I am thinking about the stories afterwards. So even when stuff is written that isnt a good fit for me I find myself enjoying it and being glad to have read it.
Beyond that if I look at one of the stories that takes a fable/magical realist approach that I often want to like but find myself not but does it well enough that not only do I not mind too much but I am thinking about the stories afterwards. So even when stuff is written that isnt a good fit for me I find myself enjoying it and being glad to have read it.