Ferré, Rosario (, 1938-)

The youngest doll / Rosario Ferré ; foreword by Jean Franco - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press , 1991. - xiv, 169 p. ; 23 cm. - Latin American women writers .

Translation of: Papeles de Pandora.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-169).

The youngest doll -- The poisoned story -- The dust garden -- The glass box --The fox fur coat -- The dreamer's portrait -- The house that vanished -- Amalia -- Marina and the lion -- The seed necklace -- The other side of paradise -- Sleeping beauty -- Mercedes Benz 220 SL -- When women love men -- How I wrote "When women love men" -- On destiny, language, and translation, or, Ophelia adrift in the C. & O. Canal

In this collection of stories originally published in Spanish in 1976 and now translated into English by the author, native Puerto Rican writer Ferre (now living in Washington, DC) portrays women who are loosening the constraints that have bound them to a patriarchal culture.

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Short stories, Latin American----Translations into English.

PQ7440.F45 / P313 1991

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