''Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories'', edited by Jorge Hernandez, and published by Fondo de Cultura Economica, is a collection of short stories written by Mexican authors born in the first half of the twentieth century. It is one of the books selected for the

National Endowment for the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the feder ...

' "Big Read" nationwide literacy initiative.

''Introduction'', Jorge Hernandez The Fantastic Unreal * ''My Life with the Wave'', by

Octavio Paz Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, a ...

* ''Chac-Mool'', by

Carlos Fuentes Carlos Fuentes Macías (; ; November 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are ''The Death of Artemio Cruz'' (1962), '' Aura'' (1962), '' Terra Nostra'' (1975), '' The Old Gringo'' (1985) and '' Christop ...

* ''History According to Pao Cheng'', by

Salvador Elizondo Salvador Elizondo Alcalde (December 19, 1932, in Mexico City – March 29, 2006) was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature. Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, experimental, intelligent ...

* ''The Night of Margaret Rose'', by Francisco Tario Scenes from Mexican Reality * ''The Mist'', by Juan de la Cabada * ''The Little Doe'', by Jose Revueltas * ''The Medicine Man'', by Francisco Rojas Gonzalez * ''Blame the Tlaxcaltecs'', by

Elena Garro Elena Garro (December 11, 1916 – August 22, 1998) was a Mexican author, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, short story writer, and novelist. She has been described as one of the pioneers and an early leading figure of the Magical Realism move ...

The Tangible Past * ''The Dinner'', by

Alfonso Reyes Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (17 May 1889 in Monterrey, Nuevo León – 27 December 1959 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times and has been acclaimed as one of the ...

* ''Tell Them Not to Kill Me!'', by

Juan Rulfo Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno, best known as Juan Rulfo (; 16 May 1917 – 7 January 1986), was a Mexican writer, screenwriter, and photographer. He is best known for two literary works, the 1955 novel ''Pedro Páramo'', and the ...

* ''The Carnival of the Bullets'', by Martin Luis Guzman * ''Permission Granted'', by Edmundo Valades The Unexpected in Everyday, Urban Life * ''The Shunammite'', by Ines Arredondo * ''Cooking Lesson'', by

Rosario Castellanos Rosario Castellanos Figueroa (; 25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. She was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century. Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gend ...

* ''Tachas'', by

Efren Hernandez Efren or Efrén is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Efrén Echeverría (born 1932), musician guitarist, composer, and compiler from Paraguay *Efrén Pérez Rivera (born 1929), former college professor and noted Puerto Rican envi ...

* ''What Became of Pampa Hash?'', by

Jorge Ibarguengoitia Jorge is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name George. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese . It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'' ...

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The Switchman ''The Switchman'' (Original title: ''El Guardagujas'') is an existentialist short story by Mexican writer Juan José Arreola. The short story was originally published as a ''confabulario'', a word created in Spanish by Arreola, in 1952, in the co ...

'', by

Juan Jose Arreola ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

* ''The Square'', by

Juan Garcia Ponce ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

* ''The Panther'', by

Sergio Pitol Sergio Pitol Deméneghi (18 March 1933 – 12 April 2018) was a Mexican writer, translator and diplomat. In 2005, he received the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world. Early life Born in Puebla, Me ...

* ''August Afternoon'', by

Jose Emilio Pacheco Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. Given name Mishnaic and Talmudic periods *Jose ben Abin *Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galilean *Jose ben Halafta *J ...

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