Collected Stories (1984)
By Gabriel García Márquez

Collected here are 26 of Gabriel García Márquez's enchanting short stories, presented in the chronological order of their publication in Spanish from three volumes: Eyes of a Blue Dog, Big Mama's Funeral, and The Incredible and Sad Tale of lnnocent Eréndira and Her Heartless Grandmother. Combining mysticism, history, and humor, the stories in this collection span more than two decades and illuminate the development of García Márquez's prose and his themes of family, poverty, and death that resound throughout his fiction.