A Hammock beneath the mangoes Book

This collection of stories from Latin America was first published in 1991, when I first read it. It had been my intention to re-read some day, and when my daughter began a college course in Latin authors, we discovered a few of the same authors between this collection and her syllabus, which gave us some interesting topics of conversation.

I was surprised by how much I had forgotten, but it's a great mix of literary styles and of authors I have since enjoyed as they have published more works. Various styles are explored with mysticism, allegory, political commentary, especially socialism, some horror, a "Benjamin Button" style story, quite a bit a levity, and some just super weird.

Some of my favorites: The Dog Will Have Its Day; Toad's Mouth; The Corset.

No, I didn't care for all of them, but it's a great collection and terrific insight into connections between writers globally. And I gathered more insight by reading the short biographies of each author before their story.