Hi, This Is Conchita: And Other Stories (Paperback)

from lmgrim

I really enjoyed this collection. The title story is four-fifths of the book and winds through the phone conversations and voice messages of a people who are connected in surprising ways. There's a lot of humor in their tales. The three shorter stories that follow are excellent, particularly, for...

from sapporo

Four stories by Santiago Roncagliolo, translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. The subject matter is sometimes dark (suicide, adultery, murder) but this is light reading. Like so many good Spanish-language writers, Roncagliolo excels at turning grim situations into opportunities for humor. ...

from Magus_Manders

This neat little collection features three short stories and a novella. They occur in a sort of magical realism that reminds me of Borges, full of coincidence and introspection.

from berthirsch

Hi, This Is Conchita by Santiago Roncagliolo I highly anticipated reading this book. The author, was previously acclaimed for his novel;, RED APRIL, which had one a distinguished award, Premio Alfaguara in 2006. The translator is the famous Edith Grossman. The main story is Conchita which what I ...

from dandelionroots

A novella told completely in telephone conversations and three short, dark stories about carnival, suicide, and death. I thoroughly enjoyed the customer service portion of the dialogue in the novella, especially after realizing that the representative was the character from another dialogue. The ...