The Dinosaur (short story)
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The Dinosaur (short story)
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El dinosaurio is a flash fiction written by the Honduras-born Guatemalan writer Augusto Monterroso, published as a part of the book Obras completas, in 1959. It is considered one of the shortest stories in Spanish, and its whole text is the following:
Cuando despertó, el dinosaurio todavía estaba allí.
Meaning: When he/she/it woke, the dinosaur was still there. It is a simple sentence that forms a flash story, probably the most famous of all those published by Monterroso throughout his career. I
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Flash fiction by Augusto Monterroso
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2021-06-24T18:55:54Z
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2024-09-03T17:17:47Z
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