From internationally acclaimed author Margarita García Robayo comes Fish Soup, a unique collection comprising two novellas and the book of short stories Worse Things (winner of the prestigious Casa de las Américas Prize). Set on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, Waiting for a Hurricane follows a girl obsessed with escaping both her life and her country. Emotionally detached from her family, and disillusioned with what the future holds if she remains,...

Although there are many famed poets in Colombia, there is little published fiction by young women authors. It is rare to find any stories written by women less than 40 years old. Now, in this collection, 14 young Colombian women break that silence. It contains stories by MarIa Acosta, Olga MartInez, Juliana Borrero, Beatriz Mendoza, MarIa Castilla, Ximena MexIa, Andrea Cheer, Liliana Rico, Melissa DIaz, Ruth Rivas, Mercedes Guhl, Carolina SanIn, Pilar...

Presents an anthology of eight short stories that illuminate the mythical world of Macondo.