The Flight of the Condor : Stories of Violence and War from Colombia

Once upon a Time: A Short Story on Violence xiii Hugo Chaparro Valderrama Acknowledgements xxv Lather and Nothing Else 3(5) Hernando Tellez The Execution 8(2) Juan Carlos Botero The Soldiers 10(19) Alvaro Cepeda Samudio My Father Was Blue 29(2) Nicolas Suescun The Day We Buried Our Weapons 31(7) Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza Prelude 38(5) Hernando Tellez A Christmas Story 43(1) Mario Mendoza Zambrano The New Order 44(11) Arturo Echeverri Mejia Family Birthday Wishes 55(4) German Espinosa Fear 59(9) Manuel Mejia Vallejo The Designator 68(3) Roberto Montes Mathieu Gelatin 71(21) Harold Kremer The Procession of Shadows 92(3) German Santamaria The Aroma of Death 95(12) Heriberto Fiorillo Bitter Sorrows 107(13) Dario Ruiz Gomez Eme 120(8) Julio Paredes The Feast 128(8) Policarpo Varon Vendors of Peculiar Objects 136(6) Celso Roman Brides by Night 142(3) Evelio Rosero Diago The Sixth Commandment 145(6) Juan Fernando Merino Contributors 151