"This collection first published by Jonathan Cape, 1991."--T.p. verso.
Originally published separately in three volumes under the titles: No one writes to the Colonel, and other stories, c1968, Leaf storm, and other stories, c1972, Innocent Eréndira, and other stories, c1978.

Translation of El coronel no tiene quien le escriba and Los funerales de la Mamá Grande.

Translation of El otoño del patriarca.

Translation of: El amor en los tiempos del cólera.