A bilingual anthology of twelve short stories, many of which appeared in the 1960s in the English-language magazine "The San Juan Review". Written by six of Puerto Rico's leading writers, it has themes that vary in time from the 16th-century Spanish conquest to the migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States.

Contents:                 

El niño morado de Monsona Quintana = Monsona Quintana's purple child ; Esperpento = Spectralia / Emilio S. Belaval -- Tre hombres junto al río = Three men by the river ; Purificación en la Calle de Cristo = Purification on Cristo Street / René Marqués -- Campeones = The champ ; Los inocentes = The innocents / Pedro Juan Soto -- El Josco = Josco ; Peyo Mercé enseña Inglés = Peyo Mercé English teacher / Abelardo Díaz Alfaro -- En el fondo del caño hay un negrito = There's a little colored boy in the bottom of the water ; La noche que volvimos a ser gente = The night we became people again / José Luis González -- Sol negro = Black sun ; La muerte obligatoria ; Grandma's wake / Emilio Díaz Valcárcel.