Novelas Breves / Short Novels

«Si de unos a os para ac estamos releyendo la historia literaria con nuevos ojos, habr a que releer estas novelas con esos mismos, para darles su justo lugar en la obra de Garro y en la literatura de su tiempo, lejos de los prejuicios que las circundan. Si Garro est llegando a las manos de m s y m s personas, quiz s estas novelas por fin dejen de ser un ap ndice de su obra y pasen a ser disfrutadas y apreciadas por lectoras y lectores frecuentes y espor dicos, por gusto propio y por asignatura, en M xico entero y en el mundo. -Del pr logo de Jazmina Barrera

«As como resulta err neo acercarse a la producci n literaria de Elena Garro desde la perspectiva del realismo m gico, es necesario leer y releer estas novelas bajo la ptica de una mujer, de una escritora, cuyo inter s por la b squeda de diversas formas de expresi n literaria asume sus riesgos y la mayor a de las veces resulta lo suficientemente bien lograda como para ofrecer una de las escrituras m s originales, aut nticas e inimitables de la literatura hisp nica de todos los tiempos. -De la nota del editor lvaro lvarez Delgado

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

This book contains the short novels The House by the River, Matarazo Didn't Call..., In s, A Heart in a Garbage Can, Look for my Obituary, First Love, and A Red Suit for a Duel.

«If for years now we've been rereading the history of literature with new eyes, we should reread these novels with those same eyes, to give them their rightful place in Garros universe and in the literature of her time, far from the prejudices around them. If Garro is arriving to the hands of more and more people, perhaps these novels can no longer be an appendix of her work and will be enjoyed and appreciated by frequent and occasional readers, whether for their pleasure or as a pending subject, in Mexico and in the whole world. -From Jazmina Barrera's Prologue

«Just as it is wrong to approach the literary production of Elena Garro from the perspective of magical realism, it is necessary to read and reread these novels from the point of view of a woman, a writer, whose interest in the search for various forms of literary expression assumes its risks and, most of the time, a risk well enough achieved to offer one of the most original, authentic and inimitable writings of the Hispanic Literature of all time. -From lvaro lvarez Delgado Editor's Note