Some Write to the Future: Essays on Contemporary Latin American Fiction - Couverture rigide

Dorfman, Ariel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0822311305 ISBN 13 : 9780822311300

Editeur : Duke University Press, 1991

Synopsis

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

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ariel Dorfman is the author of numerous works of fiction, plays, poems and essays in both Spanish and English. Death and the Maiden, his most recent award-winning work, has been hailed as one of the most important political plays of the last decade, with productions in over 15 countries. He divides his time between Santiago, Chile and Durham, North Carolina, where he is Research Professor of Literature and Latin American Studies at Duke University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Duke University Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0822311305
• ISBN 13: 9780822311300
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible