Short stories
El cuento de la guerra
Not translated into English
Eduardo Bähr · 1971
Synopsis
Six stories about the war between Honduras and El Salvador in 1969, seen through the experience of those who live it. Interior monologues, letters, interviews, opinion polls and press cables mingle with the popular speech of the forgotten, with an irony that turns to sarcasm.
Context
The collection received the Arturo Martínez Galindo National Prize in 1970 or 1971; most listings date its first edition to 1971, others to 1973, and it has gone through ten editions, the last in 2013. A Honduran critic noted in 1981 the influence of the Argentine short-story writers of his day and that of the great prose writers of the American South. Stories from it have been translated into English, French and German, one of which appeared in 1987 in a German anthology in the Luchterhand series.
Who it is for
Six stories in Spanish; only a few have been translated, and no volume exists in French or English.
Prizes and reception
Breaking with the criollista narrative, it is regarded as one of the most important modern collections in Honduras.
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