Happy families : stories / Carlos Fuentes ; translated by Edith Grossman.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Fuentes, Carlos.

Contributor:

• Grossman, Edith, 1936-2023.

Standardized Title:

• Todas las familias felices. English

Language:

• English
• Spanish

Subjects (All):

• Families--Fiction.
• Families.

Genre:

• Fiction.
• Short stories.

Physical Description:

x, 331 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [2008]

Contents:

• A family like any other
• Chorus of the street gossips
• The disobedient son
• Chorus of the rival buddies
• A cousin without charm
• Chorus of the threatened daughter
• Conjugal ties (1)
• Chorus of the father of rock
• Mater Dolorosa
• Chorus of the perfect wife
• The mariachi's mother
• Chorus of the naked honeymoon
• Sweethearts
• Chorus of the murdered family
• The armed family
• Chorus of the suffering children
• The gay divorce
• Chorus of a son of the sea
• The official family
• Chorus of the family from the neighborhood
• The father's servant
• Chorus of rancorous families
• The secret marriage
• Chorus of the daughter who killed herself
• The star's son
• Chorus of the children of good families
• The discomfiting brother
• Chorus of the inspected family
• Conjugal ties (2)
• Chorus of the savage families
• Eternal father
• Choruscodaconrad.

Notes:

"Originally published in Spanish as Todas las familias felices by Alfaguara, Mexico City, Mexico, in 2006"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

• 9781400066889
• 1400066883

OCLC:

191763237