Misteriosa Buenos Aires, Manuel Mujica Lainez. Ed. Sudamericana
One of them is La Galera –The wagon–. This short story talks about a woman who had to travel to B.A. from Córdoba –a crowded city of Argentina- because she had killed her own sister to inherit her fortune.
The story begins when Catalina Vargas –the murderer– was traveling by wagon with the gold of Lucrecia Vargas –her dead sister– and suffering with her partners because it was so hot. They couldn’t open the window because there was too much dust outside the wagon.
She remembered how she had changed the medicines to her sister and how she escaped with the wealth.
Then, she saw something strange. She saw, behind the smoke of a cigarette, the face of Lucrecia in front of her! But suddenly something odder happened: the wheel of the wagon fell off and everyone had to go out.
She slept under a tree while the driver was repairing the wheel. When he sounded the horn, she couldn’t stand up! She was desperate and frightened. She could see her sister among her partners with her appearance. The driver thought that Lucrecia was Catalina, and left her under the tree because she had disappeared –her look was taken by her sister–. Lucrecia had vengeance, and Catalina was alone in the middle of the field.
This story is fascinating because it has everything that someone wants to read: mystery, action, a fantastic and real atmosphere, a murder and a perfect ending that shows the revenge from a supernatural world.
