In Garro’s pages, a restless surprising imagination, and an agile and expressive use of language, that is always tinged with poetry and playfulness, coexist with a singular conception of time and a critical approach to history and reality. The stories convey the author’s determination to examine the lives of marginalized and vulnerable characters: women, children, indigenous people, and the elderly. Garro’s brilliant work has earned her a place among the great classics of Latin American literature.