Augusto Monterroso is the internationally renowned author of nine books, including The Black Sheep and Other Fables. A resident of Mexico since 1956, he won the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize, Mexico's highest literary honor, in 1975.Edith Grossman is an award-winning translator of contemporary Latin American literature. Her recent publications include Strange Pilgrims and Of Love and Other Demons, by Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez, and Maqroll and The Adventures of Maqroll, by Alvaro Mutis.

• Before and After Augusto Monterroso by Will H. CorralComplete Works (And Other Stories)Mister TaylorOne Out of ThreeFinished SymphonyFirst LadyThe EclipseDiogenes TooThe DinosaurLeopoldo (His Labors)The ConcertThe CentennialI Don't Want to Deceive YouCowComplete WorksPerpetual MotionFliesPerpetual MotionIt's All the SameRegarding AttributionsHomage to MasochThe WorldThe Brain DrainThe Endymion ReportI Know You, MaskThe Advantages and Disadvantages of Jorge Luis BorgesFecundityYou Tell Sarabia That I Said He Should Hire Her and Place Her Here or Wherever, That I'll Explain LaterHomo ScriptorUnder Other WreckageHow to Stop Being a MonkeyHow I Got Rid of Five Hundred BooksThe MaidsSolemnity and EccentricityWinning the StreetHumorParadiseIt May Be TrueLiving TogetherHeight and PoetryChristmas. New Year's. WhateverChoose OneEver-Present DangerThe Outdoor PoetTender RoseBrevityErrata and Final Notice

Sophisticated wit and playful surrealist fantasy dominate these ingenious and gently mocking tales, by a Guatemalan-born soul mate to the late Jorge Luis Borges. This first English translation of Monterroso’s work offers the contents of his two published collections, Complete Works and Other Stories (1959) and Perpetual Motion (1972). They’re a monument, if that isn’t the wrong word, to this entertaining author’s trademark ‘concision and wit.’ (Kirkus Reviews)