About “The Dinosaur”
El dinosaurio is a flash fiction piece written by Augusto Monterroso, a Honduran-born Guatemalan author. It was published in 1959 as part of his collection Obras completas. The story is written in Spanish and is considered one of the shortest stories in the language. The entire text consists of a single sentence: "Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí." The story offers no further details, leaving the reader to imagine the context and meaning behind the presence of the dinosaur. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- Published
- 1959
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