The great Latin American novel / Carlos Fuentes ; translated from the Spanish by Brendan Riley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuentes, Carlos, author.

Contributor:

Riley, Brendan, translator.

Series:

Mexican literature series

Standardized Title:

Gran novela latinoamericana. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Latin American fiction--History and criticism.

Latin American fiction.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

379 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Victoria, TX : Dalkey Archive Press, 2016.

Summary:

"One of the late Carlos Fuentes's final projects, this compendium of his criticism traces the evolution of the Latin American novel from the discovery of America to the present day. Combining historical perspective with personal and often opinionated interpretation, Fuentes gives us a tour from Machado de Assis to Borges and beyond. A landmark analysis, as well as a scintillating and often wry commentary on a great author's peers and influences, this book is as much a contribution to Latin American literature as it is a chronicle of that literature's greatest achievements" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Pre-Iberian foreword

Discovery and conquest

Colonial culture

From colony to independence: Machado de Assis

Rómulo Gallegos: impersonal nature

The Mexican revolution

Borges: silver from the river plate

Upriver: Alejo Carpentier

Onetti

Julio Cortázar and the smile of Erasmus

José Lezama Lima: word and body of the baroque

García Márquez: second reading

A time without heroes: Vargas Llosa

José Donoso: from boom to boomerang

The boomerang

The post-boom

The crack

Nélida Piñon in the republic of dreams

Juan Goytisolo: persona grata

First Mexican finale: a quintet of queens

Second Mexican finale: three jacks

A final word.

Notes:

Originally published in Spanish as La gran novela latinoamericana (Madrid : Alfaguara, c2011).

ISBN:

9781628971309

1628971304

OCLC:

931226797

Publisher Number:

99965931556