Psiche Hughes lectures at London University and at City Literary College. She is the coauthor of the definitive Dictionary of Borges and the translator of works by Cristina Peri Rossi and Carmen Boullosa. Brian Matthews is Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Europe-Australia Institute at Victoria University in Melbourne. He is the author of Louisa, A Fine and Private Place, and Quickening and Other Stories. His numerous awards include the Gold Medal of the Australian Literature Society.

"Hughes translates with tremendous grace. Each piece retains a distinct, powerful voice, treating readers to a chorus of accomplished Latin American authors. . . . Each writer displays a mastery of storytelling and the beauty of the written word. . . . The stories are erotic, but the prose remains elegant, tasteful, and sophisticated. . . . [A] fiery and very contemporary collection."—Foreword Magazine "The stories announce a dramatic change, a transformation of literature of love in Latin America, and of the role—even the nature—of women in this most 'feminine' literary tradition."—Psiche Hughes, The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education "These stories reflect radically feminist views of the religious and social traditions of Latin America. . . . narrations skillfully molded by the structuring of actions and the richness of language. . . . The translation does justice to the beauty of the original language."—Rosita Chazarreta-Rourke, Multicultural Review

Psiche Hughes lectures at London University and at City Literary College. She is the coauthor of the definitive Dictionary of Borges and the translator of works by Cristina Peri Rossi and Carmen Boullosa. Brian Matthews is Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Europe-Australia Institute at Victoria University in Melbourne. He is the author of Louisa, A Fine and Private Place, and Quickening and Other Stories. His numerous awards include the Gold Medal of the Australian Literature Society.

"Hughes translates with tremendous grace. Each piece retains a distinct, powerful voice, treating readers to a chorus of accomplished Latin American authors. . . . Each writer displays a mastery of storytelling and the beauty of the written word. . . . The stories are erotic, but the prose remains elegant, tasteful, and sophisticated. . . . [A] fiery and very contemporary collection."—Foreword Magazine "The stories announce a dramatic change, a transformation of literature of love in Latin America, and of the role—even the nature—of women in this most 'feminine' literary tradition."—Psiche Hughes, The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education "These stories reflect radically feminist views of the religious and social traditions of Latin America. . . . narrations skillfully molded by the structuring of actions and the richness of language. . . . The translation does justice to the beauty of the original language."—Rosita Chazarreta-Rourke, Multicultural Review

Psiche Hughes lectures at London University and at City Literary College. She is the coauthor of the definitive Dictionary of Borges and the translator of works by Cristina Peri Rossi and Carmen Boullosa. Brian Matthews is Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Europe-Australia Institute at Victoria University in Melbourne. He is the author of Louisa, A Fine and Private Place, and Quickening and Other Stories. His numerous awards include the Gold Medal of the Australian Literature Society.

"Hughes translates with tremendous grace. Each piece retains a distinct, powerful voice, treating readers to a chorus of accomplished Latin American authors. . . . Each writer displays a mastery of storytelling and the beauty of the written word. . . . The stories are erotic, but the prose remains elegant, tasteful, and sophisticated. . . . [A] fiery and very contemporary collection."—Foreword Magazine "The stories announce a dramatic change, a transformation of literature of love in Latin America, and of the role—even the nature—of women in this most 'feminine' literary tradition."—Psiche Hughes, The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education "These stories reflect radically feminist views of the religious and social traditions of Latin America. . . . narrations skillfully molded by the structuring of actions and the richness of language. . . . The translation does justice to the beauty of the original language."—Rosita Chazarreta-Rourke, Multicultural Review