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\nand other stories  \nTranslated from the Spanishby Audrey Harris c Matthew Gleeson  \nCopyright ◎2009,2018 by Amparo DávilaTranslation copyright C2018 by Audrey Harris and Matthew Gleeson  \nAll rights reserved.Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper,magazine,radio,television,or website review,no part of this book may be reproduced inany form or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopyingand recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system,withoutpermission in writing from the Publisher.  \nThe stories included in this volume were selected from Amparo Dávila's Cuentosreunidos,published by Fondo de Cultura Económica(2009).  \n“Moses and Gaspar”was first published in English by the Paris Review.  \nFirst published as a New Directions Paperbook Original(NDP1428)in 2018Manufactured in the United States of AmericaNew Directions Books are printed on acid-free paper  \n# Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication 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