"Splendidly evokes life in the tropics. . . . This anthology of recent Costa Rican writing introduces us to a host of compelling voices."
                           --Outside magazine

"Magnificent . . . The stories are of the highest literary quality."
                           --Oscar Arias, former president of Costa Rica and Nobel Peace Prize winner

"If you want to make inroads into the Costa Rican imagination, it is a must-read."
                           --The Economist

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Journey into the Costa Rican imagination through twenty-six remarkable stories, selected and organized regionally for the curious traveler. Here, for the first time in English, the best of Costa Rica's writers conjure the country's allure and vitality, its coffee fields and palm groves, cicadas and songbirds, shrouded mountains and blazing savannas, while telling stories unique to Costa Rican life.

Contributors: Alfredo Aguilar, Fernando Durán Ayanegui, Alfonso Chase, Quince Duncan, Fabián Dobles, Louis Ducoudray, Carlos Luis Fallas, Mario Gonzáles Feo, Joaquín Gutiérrez, Carlos Salazar Herrera, Max Jiménez, Carmen Lyra, Carmen Naranjo, Yolanda Oreamuno, Abel Pacheco, Julieta Pinto, Uriel Quesada, Samuel Rovinski, José León Sánchez, and Rima de Vallbona.

COSTA RICA, edited by Barbara Ras, $14.95, ISBN # 1-883513-00-6