| The Cambridge Companion to the Latin American Novel Contributor(s): Kristal, Efraín (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0511999712 ISBN-13: 9780511999710 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: May 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 863.009 |
| Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature |
| Physical Information: 322 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Novels from Spanish and Portuguese-speaking Latin America are read in translation all over the world. This Companion offers a broad overview of the novel's history and analyzes in depth several representative works by, for example, Gabriel Garc a M rquez, Machado de Assis, Isabel Allende and Mario Vargas Llosa. Indispensable to students of Latin American studies, of comparative literature and of the development of the novel as genre, the book features a comprehensive bibliography and chronology and concludes with an essay about the success of Latin American novels in translation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kristal, Efrain: - Efrain Kristal is Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. |