Brazil - Guest country of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2013. The art of condensing the fullness of life into the tightest linguistic space is the essence of short stories, a genre that is very popular in South American literature. The thematic range is vast; many of the stories collected here by Brazilian authors are directly rooted in everyday life, thus reflecting society. Sharp and concise, lyrical-impressionistic, or ironically humorous - due to their brevity, the texts are inviting and are well-suited for self-study as well as for use in language teaching. The authors: Tata Amaral, Marçal Aquino, Beatriz Bracher, Marcelino Freire, Andréa del Fuego, Ivana Arruda Leite, Victor Paes, Adriana Lisboa, José Rezende Jr., Sidney Rocha, Luiz Ruffato, Walther Moreira Santos, Veronica Stigger. Texts for connoisseurs.