Summary
"By one of Argentina's greatest contemporary storytellers, The Scent of Buenos Aires gathers twenty-five of Hebe Uhart's most remarkable and incandescent short stories in English for the first time. It draws together her best vignettes of quotidian life: moments at the zoo, the hair salon, or a caco... Full description
- Guiding the ivy
- It was the cat's fault
- The cake
- The stories told by Cecilia's friends
- The scent of Buenos Aires
- Tourists and travelers
- Christmas Eve in the park
- At the hair salon
- Leonor
- Possibly an old husband
- Angelina & Pipotto
- Human beings are radically alone
- Sunday afternoon visit
- Miss Irma
- The boy who couldn't fall asleep
- The wandering Dutchman
- Quitting smoking
- Impressions of a school principal
- New times
- Luisa's friend
- Bees are industrious
- I don't have wings
- Coordination
- Paso del Rey
- Gina
- Hello kids
- The old man
- My new love
- Events organization
- Boy in a boarding house
- Mister Ludo
- The light of a new day
- Homeowners association meeting
- The uncle and the niece
- The piano recital
- Just another day
- Nothing but shadows
- Dear mama.