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 SkullA Secret VengeanceThe Red StockingsStrafulated EggsA Good Set of TeethNearly an ArtistCarmen de Burgos: A Mother for a DaughterThe Final WishThose Who Didn't SurviveCarmen Laforet: The Dead WifeThe Summer HolidayRosamundaGoing Back HomeThe PhotographCristina Fernandez Cubas: The Angle of HorrorThe Woman in GreenSoledad Puertolas: Two Other MenThe Sea Flooding Underground Car ParksFiresPatricia Erles: On Apples and ArsesThe GameGhostKryptoniteThe Woman in RedThe Ugly PrincessMarilyn Monroe