Some write to the future : essays on contemporary Latin American fiction / Ariel Dorfman ; translated by George Shivers with the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dorfman, Ariel.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Spanish American literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Formerly exiled Chilean author Ariel Dorfman, one of Latin America's greatest writers and a major literary figure of the twentieth century, is known for such critically acclaimed works as the novel Widows and the play Death and the Maiden. A master of various literary forms, this collection draws together Dorfman's critical essays on contemporary Latin American writing. Spanning more than twenty years and arranged in chronological order, each essay is devoted to a single author—Miguel Angel Asturias, Jorge Luis Borges, José Maria Arguedas, Alejo Carpentier, Gabrial Garcia Márquez, Roa Bastos—and one final essay looks at the "testimonial" or concentration camp literature from Chile.Praise for Ariel Dorfman“One of the most important voices coming out of Latin America.”—Salman Rushdie“A remarkable writer . . . writing out of a very different cultural perspective from comfortable American readers.”—Digby Diehl, Los Angeles Herald Examiner“One of the six greatest Latin American novelists.”—Jacobo Timmerman, Newsweek

Contents:

Men of maize : myth as time and language

Borges and American violence

Fathers and bridges over hell : Deep rivers

Sandwiched between Proust and the mummy : seven notes and an epilogue on Carpentier's Reasons of state

Political code and literary code : the testimonial genre in Chile today

The rivers of Roa Bastos

Someone writes to the future : meditations on hope and violence in García Márquez.

Notes:

Essays originally written in Spanish or English.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-247) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822398127

0822398125

OCLC:

1140081872