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THE OXFORD BOOK OF LATIN AMERICAN SHORT STORIES By Gonzalez Roberto Echevarria
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- Oxford University Press
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195130855
ISBN-13
9780195130850
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725008
Product Key Features
Book Title
Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1999
Topic
Anthologies (Multiple Authors)
Genre
Fiction
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Trade Paperback
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0.9 in
Item Weight
13.7 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.4 in
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"Echevarria's excellent introduction will be helpful to the unfamiliarreader. An excellent purchase for all public and academic libraries that need acomprehensive collection of Latin American short stories."--LibraryJournal, "Echevarria's excellent introduction will be helpful to the unfamiliar reader. An excellent purchase for all public and academic libraries that need a comprehensive collection of Latin American short stories."--Library Journal, "This was a useful addition to my course, which I will use again and recommend to others....There was a wide variety to choose from and I feel that the selections were representative of the options available. My students enjoyed them."--Amy George Hirons, Tulane University, "The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories is a superb collection, brilliantly edited by Roberto Gonzlez Echevarra. His 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, "The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories is a superb collection, brilliantly edited by Roberto González Echevarría. His 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, "The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Storiesis a superb collection, brilliantly edited by Roberto González Echevarría. His 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, "This remarkably comprehensive anthology showcases the work of 52 writers,ranging from the 16th-century 'Colonial Period' to such comparatively littleknow contemporary storytellers as Cuban Antonio Benitez Rojo and Venezuela'sJose Balza.... An essential and wonder-full book."--Kirkus Reviews, "A vibrant and varied collection of accomplished stories from places as diverse as Uruguay, Brazil, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, and Cuba."--Booklist, "A vibrant and varied collection of accomplished stories from places asdiverse as Uruguay, Brazil, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, andCuba."--Booklist, "The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories is a superb collection, brilliantly edited by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria. His introductions are enlightening and informative; the stories themselves, whether Hispanic American or Brazilian, are always of high aesthetic merit, covering theentire range from Borges to Arenas."--Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities, Yale University, "The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Storiesis a superb collection, brilliantly edited by Roberto Gonz lez Echevarr a. His 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, "The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories is a superb collection, brilliantly edited by Roberto González Echevarría. His 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"This was a useful addition to my course, which I will use again and recommend to others....There was a wide variety to choose from and I feel that the selections were representative of the options available. My students enjoyed them."--Amy George Hirons, Tulane University"The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories is a superb collection, brilliantly edited by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria. His 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"Every lover of literature should clasp this collection to their bossom. Professor Echevarria has given us a wonderful gift--stories which delight while widening our understanding of what short fiction is capable."--William H. Gass"This remarkably comprehensive anthology showcases the work of 52 writers, ranging from the 16th-century 'Colonial Period' to such comparatively little know contemporary storytellers as Cuban Antonio Benitez Rojo and Venezuela's Jose Balza.... An essential and wonder-full book."--Kirkus Reviews"Echevarria's excellent introduction will be helpful to the unfamiliar reader. An excellent purchase for all public and academic libraries that need a comprehensive collection of Latin American short stories."--Library Journal"A vibrant and varied collection of accomplished stories from places as diverse as Uruguay, Brazil, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Mexico, and Cuba."--Booklist, "This was a useful addition to my course, which I will use again andrecommend to others....There was a wide variety to choose from and I feel thatthe selections were representative of the options available. My students enjoyedthem."--Amy George Hirons, Tulane University, "Every lover of literature should clasp this collection to their bossom.Professor Echevarria has given us a wonderful gift--stories which delight whilewidening our understanding of what short fiction is capable."--William H.Gass, " The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories is a superb collection, brilliantly edited by Roberto González Echevarría. His 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, "Every lover of literature should clasp this collection to their bossom. Professor Echevarria has given us a wonderful gift--stories which delight while widening our understanding of what short fiction is capable."--William H. Gass, "This remarkably comprehensive anthology showcases the work of 52 writers, ranging from the 16th-century 'Colonial Period' to such comparatively little know contemporary storytellers as Cuban Antonio Benitez Rojo and Venezuela's Jose Balza.... An essential and wonder-full book."--KirkusReviews
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This superb anthology brings together fifty-three stories that span the history of Latin American literature and represent the most dazzling achievements in the form. In his fascinating introduction, Gonzalez Echevarria traces the evolution of the short story in Latin American literature, explaining why the genre has flourished there with such brilliance. The stories themselves exhibit all the inventiveness, the luxuriousness of language, the wild metaphoric leaps and uncanny conjunctions of the ordinary with the fantastic that have given the Latin American short story its distinctive and unforgettable flavor., When Latin American writers burst on to the world literary scene in the now famous "Boom" of the sixties, it seemed as if an entire literature had invented itself overnight out of thin air. Not only was the writing extraordinary but its sudden and spectacular appearance itself seemed magical. In fact, Latin American literature has a long and rich tradition that reaches back to the Colonial period and is filled with remarkable writers too little known in the English-speaking world. The short story has been a central part of this tradition, from Fray Bartolome de las Casas' narrative protests against the Spanish Conquistadors' abuses of Indians, to the world renowned Ficciones of Jorge Luis Borges, to the contemporary works of such masters as Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Rosario Ferre, and others. Now, in The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories, editor Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria brings together fifty-three stories that span the history of Latin American literature and represent the most dazzling achievements in the form. In his fascinating introduction, Gonzalez Echevarria traces the evolution of the short story in Latin American literature, explaining why the genre has flourished there with such brilliance, and illuminating the various cultural and literary tensions that resolve themselves in "magical realism". The stories themselves exhibit all the inventiveness, the luxuriousness of language, the wild metaphoric leaps, and uncanny conjunctions of the ordinary with the fantastic that have given the Latin American short story its distinctive and unforgettable flavour: from the Joycean subtlety of Machado de Assis's "Midnight Mass," to the brutal parable of Julio Ramon Ribeyro's "Featherless Buzzards," to the startling disorientation of Alejo Carpentier's "Journey Back to the Source" (which is told backwards, because a sorcerer has waved his wand and made time flow in reverse), to the haunting reveries of Maria Luisa Bombal's "The Tree". Readers familiar with only the most popular Latin American writers will be delighted to discover many exciting new voices here, including Catalina de Erauso, Ricardo Palma, Rubin Dario, Augusto Roa Bastos, Christina Peri Rossi, along with Borges, Garcia Marquez, Fuentes, Cortazar, Vargas Llosa, and many others. Gonzalez Echevarria also provides brief and extremely helpful headnotes for the each selection, discussing the author's influences, major works, and central themes. Short story lovers will find a wealth of satisfactions here, in terrains both familiar and uncharted. But the unique strength of The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories is that it allows us to see the connections between writers from Peru to Puerto Rico and from the sixteenth century to the present--and thus to view in a single, unprecedented volume one of the most diverse and fertile literary landscapes in the world., When Latin American writers burst onto the world literary scene in the now famous "Boom" of the sixties, it seemed as if an entire literature had invented itself over night out of thin air. Not only was the writing extraordinary but its sudden and spectacular appearance itself seemed magical. In fact, Latin American literature has a long and rich tradition that reaches back to the Colonial period and is filled with remarkable writers too little known in the English-speaking world. The short story has been a central part of this tradition, from Fray Bartolome de las Casas' narrative protests against the Spanish Conquistadors' abuses of Indians, to the world renowned Ficciones of Jorge Luis Borges, to the contemporary works of such masters as Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Rosario Ferre, and others. Now, in The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories , editor Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria brings together fifty-three stories that span the history of Latin American literature and represent the most dazzling achievements in the form. In his fascinating introduction, Gonzalez Echevarria traces the evolution of the short story in Latin American literature, explaining why the genre has flourished there with such brilliance, and illuminating the various cultural and literary tensions that resolve themselves in "magical realism." The stories themselves exhibit all the inventiveness, the luxuriousness of language, the wild metaphoric leaps and uncanny conjunctions of the ordinary with the fantastic that have given the Latin American short story its distinctive and unforgettable flavor: From the Joycean subtlety of Machado de Assis's "Midnight Mass," to the brutal parable of Julio Ramon Ribeyro's "Featherless Buzzards," to the startling disorientation of Alejo Carpentier's "Journey Back to the Source," (which is told backwards, because a sorcerer has waved his wand and made time flow in reverse), to the haunting reveries of Maria Luisa Bombal's "The Tree." Readers familiar with only the most popular Latin American writers will be delighted to discover many exciting new voices here, including Catalina de Erauso, Ricardo Palma, Rubin Dario, Augusto Roa Bastos, Christina Peri Rossi, along with Borges, Garcia Marquez, Fuentes, Cortazar, Vargas Llosa, and many others. Gonzalez Echevarria also provides brief and extremely helpful headnotes for the each selection, discussing the author's influences, major works, and central themes. Short story lovers will find a wealth of satisfactions here, in terrains both familiar and uncharted. But the unique strength of The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories is that it allows us to see the connections between writers from Peru to Puerto Rico and from the sixteenth century to the present--and thus to view in a single, unprecedented volume one of the most diverse and fertile literary landscapes in the world., When Latin American writers burst onto the world literary scene in the now famous "Boom" of the sixties, it seemed as if an entire literature had invented itself over night out of thin air. Not only was the writing extraordinary but its sudden and spectacular appearance itself seemed magical. In fact, Latin American literature has a long and rich tradition that reaches back to the Colonial period and is filled with remarkable writers too little known in the English-speaking world. The short story has been a central part of this tradition, from Fray Bartolome de las Casas' narrative protests against the Spanish Conquistadors' abuses of Indians, to the world renowned Ficciones of Jorge Luis Borges, to the contemporary works of such masters as Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Rosario Ferre, and others. Now, in The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories, editor Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria brings together fifty-three stories that span the history of Latin American literature and represent the most dazzling achievements in the form. In his fascinating introduction, Gonzalez Echevarria traces the evolution of the short story in Latin American literature, explaining why the genre has flourished there with such brilliance, and illuminating the various cultural and literary tensions that resolve themselves in "magical realism." The stories themselves exhibit all the inventiveness, the luxuriousness of language, the wild metaphoric leaps and uncanny conjunctions of the ordinary with the fantastic that have given the Latin American short story its distinctive and unforgettable flavor: From the Joycean subtlety of Machado de Assis's "Midnight Mass," to the brutal parable of Julio Ramon Ribeyro's "Featherless Buzzards," to the startling disorientation of Alejo Carpentier's "Journey Back to the Source," (which is told backwards, because a sorcerer has waved his wand and made time flow in reverse), to the haunting reveries of Maria Luisa Bombal's "The Tree." Readers familiar with only the most popular Latin American writers will be delighted to discover many exciting new voices here, including Catalina de Erauso, Ricardo Palma, Rubin Dario, Augusto Roa Bastos, Christina Peri Rossi, along with Borges, Garcia Marquez, Fuentes, Cortazar, Vargas Llosa, and many others. Gonzalez Echevarria also provides brief and extremely helpful headnotes for the each selection, discussing the author's influences, major works, and central themes. Short story lovers will find a wealth of satisfactions here, in terrains both familiar and uncharted. But the unique strength of The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories is that it allows us to see the connections between writers from Peru to Puerto Rico and from the sixteenth century to the present--and thus to view in a single, unprecedented volume one of the most diverse and fertile literary landscapes in the world.
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