Collected Stories

PUBLISHER'S NOTE vii I EYES OF A BLUE DOG THE THIRD RESIGNATION 3 THE OTHER SIDE OF DEATH 14 EVA IS INSIDE HER CAT 24 BITTERNESS FOR THREE SLEEPWALKERS 37 DIALOGUE WITH THE MIRROR 42 EYES OF A BLUE DOG 50 THE WOMAN WHO CAME AT SIX O'CLOCK 58 NABO: THE BLACK MAN WHO MADE THE ANGELS WAIT 73 SOMEONE HAS BEEN DISARRANGING THESE ROSES 83 THE NIGHT OF THE CURLEWS 88 MONOLOGUE OF ISABEL WATCHING IT RAIN IN MACONDO 94 II BIG MAMA'S FUNERAL TUESDAY SIESTA 105 ONE OF THESE DAYS 114 THERE ARE NO THIEVES IN THIS TOWN 118 BALTHAZAR'S MARVELOUS AFTERNOON 148 MONTIEL'S WIDOW 158 ONE DAY AFTER SATURDAY 165 ARTIFICIAL ROSES 190 BIG MAMA'S FUNERAL 197 III THE INCREDIBLE AND SAD TALE OF INNOCENT ERÉNDIRA AND HER HEARTLESS GRANDMOTHER A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS 217 THE SEA OF LOST TIME 226 THE HANDSOMEST DROWNED MAN IN THE WORLD 247 DEATH CONSTANT BEYOND LOVE 255 THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE GHOST SHIP 265 BLACAMÁN THE GOOD, VENDOR OF MIRACLES 272 THE INCREDIBLE AND SAD TALE OF INNOCENT ERÉNDIRA AND HER HEARTLESS GRANDMOTHER 283