Take Six

Take Six: Six Spanish Women Writers is an anthology of short stories by six outstanding Spanish women writers: Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851-1921), Carmen de Burgos (1867-1932), Carmen Laforet (1921-2004), Cristina Fernández Cubas (born 1945), Soledad Puértolas (born 1947) and Patricia Erlés (born 1972).

The stories span over one hundred years, starting with the indomitable Emilia Pardo Bazán, whose casual and often humorous protrayal of brutal domestic violence set a paradigm for the writers who followed her to explore every aspect of the roles imposed on women by a male-dominated society, delving into subjects ranging from love and betrayal to bereavement, arson and murder, without losing touch with the humorous side of seemingly impossible situations. Relatively few women writers are translated into English, and this anthology is an attempt to rectify that imbalance and to introduce readers to some truly captivating tales from Spain.

List of stories:
Emilia Pardo Bazan:
The Skull
A Secret Vengeance
The Red Stockings
Strafulated Eggs
A Good Set of Teeth
Nearly an Artist
Carmen de Burgos:
A Mother for a Daughter
The Final Wish
Those Who Didn't Survive
Carmen Laforet:
The Dead Wife
The Summer Holiday
Rosamunda
Going Back Home
The Photograph
Cristina Fernandez Cubas:
The Angle of Horror
The Woman in Green
Soledad Puertolas:
Two Other Men
The Sea Flooding Underground Car Parks
Fires
Patricia Erles:
On Apples and Arses
The Game
Ghost
Kryptonite
The Woman in Red
The Ugly Princess
Marilyn Monroe
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