The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories
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The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories by Roberto Echevarria
Latin American literature has a long and rich tradition that reaches back to the colonial period and is filled with remarkable writers little known in the English-speaking world. This volume collects 53 short stories spanning the history of Latin American literature.
The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories is a superb collection, brilliantly edited by Roberto Gonzalez EchevarriaHis introductions are enlightening and informative; the stories themselves, whether Hispanic American or Brazilian, are always of high aesthetic merit, covering the entire range from Borges to Arenas. * Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities, Yale University *
Pleasingly chunky volume of prose-bites. * The Guardian *
This is a superb collection of stories, excellently edited and valuable in its own right as well as being an introduction to the riches of the Latin-American novel. * Glen Baker, Morning Star, 18.10.99 *
All the material here is extraordinarily vivid and full of life. Even the gritty tales of urban poverty - and there are only a couple among 52 stories - have a dreamlike quality to them. * The Guardian, 25.9.99 *
Pleasingly chunky volume of prose-bites. * The Guardian *
This is a superb collection of stories, excellently edited and valuable in its own right as well as being an introduction to the riches of the Latin-American novel. * Glen Baker, Morning Star, 18.10.99 *
All the material here is extraordinarily vivid and full of life. Even the gritty tales of urban poverty - and there are only a couple among 52 stories - have a dreamlike quality to them. * The Guardian, 25.9.99 *
Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria is Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparitive Literatures, Yale University. He is the author of Myth and Archive: A Theory of Latin American Narrative and coeditor of theCambridge History of Latin American Literature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195130850 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195130855 |
| Title | The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories |
| Author | Roberto Echevarria |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1999-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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