Cover of Terrazo

Terrazo

by Abelardo Diaz Alfaro · 1948

+ Want to read

A collection of stories that deal with the struggles of rural Puerto Rico in the first half of the twentieth century. Contains "El Josco," a seminal Puerto Rican short story.

Setting
1940s1940sMore like thisLess of thisPuerto RicoPuerto RicoMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 128 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare prices

Liked Terrazo? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked Terrazo. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. Precinct Puerto Rico Steven Torres · 2007 Shares Puerto Rico
  2. A General History of Puerto Rico Fernando Pico · 1986 Shares Puerto Rico
  3. No Matter How Much You Promise to Cook or Pay the Rent You Blew It Cauze Bill Bailey Ain't Never Coming Home Again Edgardo Vega Yunque · 2003 Shares Puerto Rico
  4. Oscar Lopez Rivera: Between Torture and Resistance Oscar Lopez Rivera · 2012 Shares Puerto Rico
See more recommendations →

“If you want more of the same, start with these.”

  1. The Meaning of Consuelo Judith Ortiz Cofer · 2003
  2. The Rum Diary Hunter S. Thompson · 1998
  3. The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico Sarah McCoy · 2009
  4. Parrots Over Puerto Rico Cindy Trumbore, Susan L. Roth · 2013

“If it was the Puerto Rico that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. Vuelo del cisne Rosario Ferre · 2001
  2. Imposing Decency: The Politics of Sexuality and Race in Puerto Rico, 1870–1920 Eileen J. Suarez Findlay · 1999
  3. The Ladies' Gallery: A Memoir of Family Secrets Irene Vilar · 1998
  4. Yo-Yo Boing! Giannina Braschi · 1998

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. Golden windows and other stories of Jerusalem Adele Geras · 1993
  2. Ernest Hemingway: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations Ernest Hemingway · 2015
  3. The Girard Reader Rene Girard · 1996
  4. Short Story Masterpieces · 1954

Report a problem