Todo Para el Salvador = Everything for El Salvador

To help their efforts in dealing with the recent natural disasters that have devastated El Salvador, the publishers will donate the profits from this gift edition of short stories to the Red Cross. Five of the most recognized writers in Latin America have contributed to this attractive volume. The opening story by Spanish author Mario Bendetti ,""Mas o menos hipocritas"" (""More or Less Hypocrites,"" 2001) is sparsely written and coyly meaningful. The story revolves around an interview, conducted by a young and eager journalist, of an old literary lion on why he has chosen to stop writing. In a poignant and timely tale, ""Malintzin de las maquilas"" (""Malintzin of the Factory Workers,"" 1995), Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's most prolific writer, brings to life the voices of the women who work in the maquiladoras (factories) in the border city of Ciudad Ju rez, Mexico. Portugal's Nobel prize-winning Jose Saramago is represented by the symbolic and touching ""Desquite"" (""Getting Even,"" 1983), a snapshot of a boy entering manhood. In ""Movimiento perpetuo"" (""Perpetual Movement,"" 1972), Guatemalan author Augusto Monterroso's obsessed character fantasizes about his coquettish American girlfriend and her other suitors while on vacation in Mexico. Finally, Spanish author Arturo Perez-Reverte's ""Ojos azules"" (""Blue Eyes,"" 2000) travels back in time to Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital now known as Mexico City, to tell the tale of a romance between one of Cortes's soldiers and a conquered Mexican woman. Highly recommended for bookstores and their impulse displays, as well as all libraries. Adriana Lopez, ""Criticas""