Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Short-Story Theory and the �Cuento� in Spain -- 2. Recalcitrant Endings and the Disruption of Form -- 3. Alternative Endings and the Disruption of Closure -- 4. Defiant Endings and the Disruption of Content -- 5. Narrative Beginnings and the Production of Difference -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Selected Bibliography -- Index