Complete Works and Other Stories (Obras completas y otros cuentos)

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Augusto Monterroso (1921–2003) was a Honduran writer of adopted Guatemalan nationality who lived much of his adult life in Mexico after running afoul of the regime of Guatemalan dictator Jorge Ubico. Monterroso was an integral part of the period known as the Latin American "boom", becoming well known for his often brief stories included in volumes like Complete Works & Other Stories (Obras completas (Y otros cuentos), 1959), Black Sheep & Other Fables (La oveja negra y demás fábulas, 1969), & Perpetual Motion (Movimiento perpetuo, 1972). He died in Mexico City in 2003 at the age of 81.