| House of Mist Contributor(s): Bombal, Marķa Luisa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374531366 ISBN-13: 9780374531362 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: "House of Mist "stands as one of the first South American novels written in the style that was later called magical realism. Of this story of a young bride struggling with her marriage to an aloof landowner--and the mysteries surrounding their life together--in a house deep in the lush Chilean woods, Penelope Mesic wrote in the "Chicago Tribune "that Bombal showed "bold disregard for simple realism in favor of a heightened reality in which the external world reflects the internal truth of the characters' feeling . . . mingling . . . fantasy, memory and event." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Magical Realism |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008927429 |
| Series: FSG Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.7 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: House of Mist stands as one of the first South American novels written in the style that was later called magical realism. Of this story of a young bride struggling with her marriage to an aloof landowner--and the mysteries surrounding their life together--in a house deep in the lush Chilean woods, Penelope Mesic wrote in the Chicago Tribune that Bombal showed bold disregard for simple realism in favor of a heightened reality in which the external world reflects the internal truth of the characters' feeling . . . mingling . . . fantasy, memory and event. One of the most outstanding representations of the avant-garde in Latin America. -Women Writers of Spanish America |
Contributor Bio(s): Bombal, Maria Luisa: - Maria Luisa Bombal (1910-80) was a Chilean novelist and short story writer. Among her novels is The Shrouded Woman |