Secret Weavers

Secret Weavers: Stories of the Fantastic by Women of Argentina and Chile is an anthology edited by Marjorie Agosin.

Editions

• 1992: White Pine Press, Fredonia, New York.

Contents

• "Reflections on the Fantastic" Marjorie Agosin (pp. 13-23).

Compulsive Dreamers (section). "The Compulsive Dreamer" Silvina Ocampo (p. 27-35); "Things" Silvina Ocampo (p. 36-39); "The Velvet Dress" Silvina Ocampo (p. 40-43); "The House of Sugar" Silvina Ocampo (p. 44-52); "Thus Were Their Faces" Silvina Ocampo (p. 53-59); "The Story of María Griselda" María Luisa Bombal (p. 60-80); "The Little Island" Luisa Mercedes Levinson (p. 81-84); "The Boy Who Saw God's Tears" Luisa Mercedes Levinson (pp. 85-90).

And the Wheel Still Spins. "An Eternal Fear" Elvira Orpheé (p. 93-99); "I Will Return, Mommy" Elvira Orpheé (p. 100-103); "How the Little Crocodiles Cry!" Elvira Orpheé (p. 104-107); "For Friends and Enemies" Olga Orozco (p. 108-116); "And the Wheel Still Spins" Olga Orozco (p. 117-129).

The Wild Mirrors. "The Mirror of Melancholy" Alejandra Pizarnik (p. 133-135); "Blood Baths" Alejandra Pizarnik (p. 136-137); "Severe Measures" Alejandra Pizarnik (p. 138-140); "Excerpts from The Wild Papers Marosa Di Giorgio (p. 141-143); Excerpts from Dream Time Ana María Shua (p. 144-145); "Other/Other" Ana María Shua (p. 146-156); "Fishing Days" Ana María Shua (p. 157-163); "The Man in the Araucaria" Sara Gallardo (p. 164-165); "The Blue Stone Emperor's Thirty Wives" Sara Gallardo (p. 166-177).

Invisible Embroidery. "The Condemned Dress in White" Marcela Solá (p. 181-185); "Happiness" Marcela Solá (186-189); "Invisible Embroidery" Marcela Solá (p. 190-193); "The Storm" Alina Diaconú (p. 194-198); "Welcome to Albany" Alina Diaconú (199-202); "The Widower" Alina Diaconú (p. 203-209); "Country Carnival" Luisa Valenzuela (p. 210-215); "Legend of the Self-Sufficient Child" Luisa Valenzuela (p. 216-220); "Viennese Waltz" Alicia Steimberg (p. 221-226); "Garcia's Thousandth Day" Alicia Steimberg (p. 221-226); "Segismundo's Better World" Alicia Steimberg" (p. 230-240).

Letters. "The Perfect Married Woman" Angélica Gorodischer (p. 243-247); "Letters From an English Lady" Angélica Gorodischer (p. 248-258); "Under the Flowering Juleps" Angélica Gorodischer (p. 259-280); "The Resurrection of the Flesh" Angélica Gorodischer (p. 281-283).

Annunciations. "When Everything Shines" Liliana Hecer (p. 287-295); "The Annunciation" Cristina Peri Rossi; "Selections from Silendra" -- "Tapihue" "Enedina" "Juana" "Silendra" "Francisco" Elizabeth Subercaseaux (pp. 311-319); "Two Words" Isabel Allende (p. 320-327). The Authors. The Translators.