Costa Rica

Journey into the Costa Rican imagination through twenty-six remarkable stories, selected and organized regionally for the curious traveler. Here, for the first time in English, the best of Costa Rica's writers conjure the country's allure and vitality, its coffee fields and palm groves, cicadas and songbirds, shrouded mountains and blazing savannas, while telling stories unique to Costa Rican life. Contributors include Alfredo Aguilar, Fernando Durn Ayanegui, Alfonso Chase, Quince Duncan, Fabin Dobles, Louis Ducoudray, Carlos Luis Fallas, Mario Gonzles Feo, Joaqun Gutirrez, Carlos Salazar Herrera, Max Jimnez, Carmen Lyra, Carmen Naranjo, Yolanda Oreamuno, Abel Pacheco, Julieta Pinto, Uriel Quesada, Samuel Rovinski, Jos Len Snchez, and Rima de Vallbona.