Underground River and Other Stories (Latin American Women Writers)

Ines Arredondo only published three collections of stories during her lifetime, and Underground River and Other Stories is the first to appear in English. Set mostly in northwestern Mexico, the stories here delineate a world of passion, madness, scandal, and death. A niece marries her dying uncle, only to have him recover as a result. A woman shares her lover with her elderly husband. An element of magic clings to these tales of adultery, incest, and sexual obsession, and that magic lies as much in the author's fine prose and eye for detail as in the twists of fate she describes.