21 Best short stories books like El guardagujas by Juan José Arreola

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El guardagujas

By: Juan José Arreola

4.03

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Bellamente illustrado y provocador, el cuento más famoso del autor es una historia desconcernante s…

If you liked the short stories plot in El guardagujas by Juan José Arreola , here is a list of 21 books like this:

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1. Mendel el de los libros

By: Stefan Zweig , Berta Vias Mahou

4.00

Format: 57 pages, Paperback

Escrito en 1929, Mendel el de los libros narra la trágica historia de un excéntrico librero de viej… read more

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  • short stories
"لا ننتج الكتب إلا لكي نبقى على صلة بالبشر فيما وراء الموت فنزود بذلك عن أنفسنا ضد العدو الألد للحياة ، ضد الزمن الذي يمضي ، ضد النسيان"

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

"Los libros sólo se escriben para, por encima del propio aliento, unir a los seres humanos, y así defendernos frente al inexorable reverso de toda existencia: la fugacidad y el olvido"

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

"...avrei dovuto sapere che i libri si fanno solo per legarsi agli uomini al di là del nostro breve respiro e difendersi così dall'inesorabile avversario di ogni vita: la caducità e l'oblio."

-Stefan Zweig, Mendel el de los libros

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2. El día no restituido

By: Giovanni Papini

4.28

Format: 7 pages, ebook

Cuento "El día no restituido" ("Il giorno non restituito"). read more

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3. Las batallas en el desierto

By: José Emilio Pacheco

4.13

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A novella depicts the harsh reality of life in urban Mexico and the tragedy of childhood innocence … read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
"Enamorarse sabiendo que todo está perdido y no hay ninguna esperanza."

-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto

"Querer a alguien no es pecado, el amor está bien, lo único demoníaco es el odio."

-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto

"We are all hypocrites. We cannot see ourselves or judge ourselves the way we see and judge others."

-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto

"Qué estupidez meterme en un lío que pude haber evitado con sólo resistirme a mi imbécil declaración de amor.Todo pasó como pasan los discos en la sinfonola."

-José Emilio Pacheco, Las batallas en el desierto

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4. El almohadón de plumas

By: Horacio Quiroga

4.04

Format: 14 pages, Kindle Edition

El almohadón de plumas es un cuento del escritor uruguayo Horacio Quiroga, publicado en el libro Cu… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • school
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5. Casa tomada [Cuento]

By: Julio Cortázar , Juan Fresan

3.95

Format: 5 pages, ebook

Cuento "Casa tomada" de Julio Cortázar, originalmente incluido en el libro Bestiario en 1951. read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • school
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6. The Black Cat

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

Format: 300 pages,

"The Black Cat" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable stories. The tale centers around a black… read more

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  • short stories
  • school
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7. ¡Diles que no me maten! (Clásicos ilustrados latinoamericanos)

By: Juan Rulfo , None

4.14

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • school
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8. Strange Pilgrims

By: Gabriel García Márquez

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

In Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for … read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories

9. The Circular Ruins

By: George Guidall , Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley

3.77

Format: 134 pages, Audiobook

"The Circular Ruins"/"Las ruinas circulares") first published in the literary journal Sur in Decemb… read more

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  • short stories

10. La noche boca arriba

By: Julio Cortázar

3.93

Format: 10 pages, None

None read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • school
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11. Continuidad de los parques

By: Julio Cortázar

4.31

Format: None pages, ebook

Cuento "Continuidad de los parques" de Julio Cortázar, renombrado ejemplo de metaficción literaria.… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • school
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12. El Llano en llamas

By: Juan Rulfo

4.47

Format: None pages,

'The Burning Plain and Other Stories consists of fifteen pieces ranging from brief anecdotes, casua… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories

13. El fantasma de Canterville

By: Oscar Wilde

4.09

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

Los lectores tomaran un gran placer en descubrir los clasicos con estas bellas y economicas edicion… read more

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14. The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories

By: Jean Franco , Margaret Sayers Peden , Horacio Quiroga , None

4.00

Format: 186 pages, Paperback

Horacio Quiroga's short stories are infused with the themes of life and death that so obsessed him.… read more

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15. Aura

By: Carlos Fuentes

3.82

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

Felipe Montero is employed in the house of an aged widow to edit her deceased husband's memoirs. Th… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
"Hay que morir antes de renacer."

-Carlos Fuentes, Aura

"También el demonio fue un ángel, antes…"

-Carlos Fuentes, Aura

"Hay un momento en el que ya no es posible distinguir el paso de los años."

-Carlos Fuentes, Aura

"La soledad es necesaria para alcanzar la santidad. Se han olvidado de que en la soledad la tentación es más grande."

-Carlos Fuentes, Aura

16. Chac Mool

By: Carlos Fuentes

4.57

Format: 272 pages,

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17. El ahogado más hermoso del mundo

By: Gabriel García Márquez

3.00

Format: 468 pages,

Cuento de Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Acompanado por fotografias de Hernan Diaz. read more

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18. Enoch Soames

By: Max Beerbohm

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

It occurs to you that he was a fool? It didn't to me. I was young, and had not the clarity of judgm… read more

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19. La vida del Lazarillo de Tormes

By: Anonymous

4.00

Format: 300 pages,

Lazaro es un muchacho desarrapado a quien la miseria obliga a emplearse como sirviente. Las inocent… read more

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20. The Monkey's Paw

By: W.W. Jacobs

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they… read more

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  • short stories
  • school
"But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation—the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled apathy."

-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

"Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly."

-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

21. La amortajada

By: María Luisa Bombal

3.86

Format: 157 pages, Paperback

La obra fundamental de Maria Luisa Bombal puede contenerse en un escaso volumen, del que La amortaj… read more

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22. La casa de Asterión

By: Jorge Luis Borges

4.29

Format: 3 pages, ebook

Cuento "La casa de Asterión", de Jorge Luis Borges, originalmente publicado en el libro El Aleph, e… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • school
"Since then my loneliness does not pain me, because I know my redeemer lives and he will finally rise above the dust."

-Jorge Luis Borges, La casa de Asterión

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23. Good Country People

By: Flannery O'Connor

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Originally published in Harper's Bazaar, June 1955. This story is now available in the anthologies … read more

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  • short stories
  • school
"True genius can get an idea across even to an inferior mind."

-Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People

24. Carta a una señorita en París

By: Julio Cortázar

3.94

Format: None pages, None

In 'Brief aan een meisje in Parijs', een keuze uit de bundels 'Final des juego' en 'Bestiario', bou… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • school
Cover of The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors) by Guy de Maupassant

25. The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

By: Guy de Maupassant

3.89

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Before succumbing to the insanity that ravaged his later life, Guy de Maupassant established a repu… read more

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  • short stories
  • school
"A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Es evidente que la soledad resulta peligrosa para las mentes que piensan demasiado."

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"I said, 'If other beings besides us exist on Earth, why didn't we meet them a long time ago?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

"Whence come those mysterious influences which change our happiness into discouragement, and our self-confidence into diffidence?"

-Guy de Maupassant, The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

26. ¿No oyes ladrar los perros?

By: Juan Rulfo

4.02

Format: 3 pages, None

Un padre lleva a su hijo en hombros para que lo atienda un médico. Por el camino se revela la amarg… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • school
Cover of El guardagujas by Juan José Arreola

27. El guardagujas

By: Juan José Arreola

4.03

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Bellamente illustrado y provocador, el cuento más famoso del autor es una historia desconcernante s… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • school

28. El huésped

By: Amparo Dávila

4.01

Format: 5 pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories

29. La señorita Julia

By: Amparo Dávila

4.08

Format: 7 pages, None

None read more

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30. The Coup de Grace

By: Ambrose Bierce

3.37

Format: 8 pages, None

Cuento "El golpe de gracia" ("The Coup de Grace"). read more

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  • short stories

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Horacio Quiroga

4.04

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Casa tomada [Cuento]

Julio Cortázar , Juan Fresan

3.95

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The Black Cat

Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

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Juan Rulfo , None

4.14

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The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

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Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

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Roald Dahl

3.84

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William Hope Hodgson

3.47

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