Bestiario (1951) is a Spanish collection of eight short stories written by Julio Cortázar. All the stories (except for "Cefalea," "Omnibus," and "Circe") were translated into English by Paul Blackburn and included in End of the Game and Other Stories (1967). "Cefalea" ("Headache") was translated into English by Michael Cisco in 2014 and published online in Reactor Magazine.[1] "Omnibus" and "Circe" were translated by Alberto Manguel and appear in Bestiary: The Selected Stories of Julio Cortázar (2020).[2]

Bestiario
First edition
AuthorJulio Cortázar
LanguageSpanish
GenreShort story collection
PublisherSudamericana
Publication date
1951
Publication placeArgentina
Media typePrint
Pages165

Stories

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  • "Casa Tomada" ("House Taken Over")
  • "Carta a una señorita en París" (Letter to a Young Lady in Paris")
  • "Lejana" ("The Distances")
  • "Ómnibus" ("Omnibus")
  • "Cefalea" ("Headache")
  • "Circe" ("Circe")
  • "Las puertas del cielo" ("The Gates of Heaven")
  • "Bestiario" ("Bestiary")

References

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  1. ^ "Headache" by Julio Cortázar
  2. ^ Cortázar, Julio (2020-02-06). Bestiary: The Selected Stories of Julio Cortázar. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4735-7243-0.