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.

• "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.