Textbook
Latin American Fiction: A Short IntroductionISBN: 978-1-4051-0866-9
Paperback
168 pages
December 2004, ©2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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This book introduces readers to the evolution of modern fiction in
Spanish-speaking Latin America.
- Presents Latin American fiction in its cultural and political
contexts.
- Introduces debates about how to read this literature.
- Combines an overview of the evolution of modern Latin American
fiction with detailed studies of key texts.
- Discusses authors such as Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel
García Márquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Isabel
Allende.
- Covers nation-building narratives, ‘modernismo’, the New Novel, the Boom, the Post-Boom, Magical Realism, Hispanic fiction in the USA, and more.