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The Black Sheep and Other Fables

by Augusto Monterroso

*La oveja negra y demás fábulas* es un libro de relatos del escritor guatemalteco Augusto Monterroso, publicado en 1969. El libro es un conjunto de relatos breves –género en el que Monterroso desarrolló la mayor parte de su escritura– en el que el autor parodia a los fabulistas de la antigüedad.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?