Since La regresión zoológica was published in 1969, Fernando Sorrentino has been outlined for being a teacher in the genre of short story. His control of language, his skill to handle limit situations and his enormous capacity of creation, have led him to devoting as one of the writers of irony, humor and the burlesque critique in spanish language.
The story that opens this collection edited by Carena, also opened collection in Imperios y Servidumbres (Seix Barral, Barcelona, 1972; Torres Agüero Editor, Buenos Aires, 1992). Existe un hombre que tiene la costumbre de pegarme con un paraguas en la cabeza is, for many, one of Fernando Sorrentino's best stories. In Existe un hombre que tiene la costumbre de pegarme con un paraguas en la cabeza, there are gathered stories as magisterial as La corrección de los corderos, En defensa propia, En espera de una definición, Mera sugestión, Terapia exitosa, o Nuevas leyes inmobiliarias. The collection is structurally rich and varied, introducing us in 25 stories a wide vision of Fernando Sorrentino's narrative.