Bestiario

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Bestiario
First edition
AuthorJulio Cortázar
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish
GenreShort story collection
PublisherSudamericana
Publication date
1951
Media typePrint
Pages165

Bestiario is a book of eight short stories written by Julio Cortázar. All the stories (except "Cefalea" and "Circe") were translated to English by Paul Blackburn and included in the collection End of the Game and Other Stories (1967). The "Cefalea" ("Headache") was translated in English by Michael Cisco in 2014 and published online by tor.com.[1]

Stories[edit]

  • "Casa Tomada" ("House Taken Over")
  • "Carta a una señorita en París" (Letter to a Young Lady in Paris")
  • "Lejana" ("The Distances")
  • "Ómnibus" ("Omnibus")
  • "Cefalea" ("Headache")
  • "Circe" ("Circe")
  • "Las puertas del cielo" ("The Gates of Heaven")
  • "Bestiario" ("Bestiary")

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