Name: Latin American Fiction
ISBN: 9781405108669

Who It's For

Good for readers who enjoy Literary Criticism / Caribbean & Latin American
Good for readers interested in modern

What You Get

Themes: Century, America, Modern.
Reading lane: Caribbean & Latin American and European.
Publisher: Wiley.

About This Book

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 narrat...

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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.