Sun, Stone, and Shadows

Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories, edited by Jorge Hernandez, and published by Fondo de Cultura Economica, is a collection of short stories written by Mexican authors born in the first half of the twentieth century.

Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories

Author	Jorge Hernandez, editor
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Short stories
Publication date	2008
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN	978-968-16-8594-2 (US-paperback)

It is one of the books selected for the National Endowment for the Arts' "Big Read" nationwide literacy initiative.

Contents

Introduction, Jorge Hernandez

The Fantastic Unreal

• My Life with the Wave, by Octavio Paz
• Chac-Mool, by Carlos Fuentes
• History According to Pao Cheng, by Salvador Elizondo
• The Night of Margaret Rose, by Francisco Tario

Scenes from Mexican Reality

• The Mist, by Juan de la Cabada
• The Little Doe, by Jose Revueltas
• The Medicine Man, by Francisco Rojas Gonzalez
• Blame the Tlaxcaltecs, by Elena Garro

The Tangible Past

• The Dinner, by Alfonso Reyes
• Tell Them Not to Kill Me!, by Juan Rulfo
• The Carnival of the Bullets, by Martin Luis Guzman
• Permission Granted, by Edmundo Valades

The Unexpected in Everyday, Urban Life

• The Shunammite, by Ines Arredondo
• Cooking Lesson, by Rosario Castellanos
• Tachas, by Efren Hernandez
• What Became of Pampa Hash?, by Jorge Ibarguengoitia

Intimate Imagination

• The Switchman, by Juan Jose Arreola
• The Square, by Juan Garcia Ponce
• The Panther, by Sergio Pitol
• August Afternoon, by Jose Emilio Pacheco