Little Red Riding Hood in the Red Light District - Couverture souple

Argueta, Manlio

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1880684322 ISBN 13 : 9781880684320

Editeur : Curbstone Press,U.S., 1998

Synopsis

Little Red Riding Hood in the Red Light District is Manlio Argueta's most popular novel in El Salvador. It has gone through eight editions and has been newly revised by the author for this English translation. The story revolves around the relationship of two young lovers in a time of political upheaval Manlio Argueta's novels have earned him an international reputation and have endeared him to the Salvadoran people. Caperucita en la zona roja received the Casa de las Americas Prize in 1977. Manlio Argueta currently lives in San Salvador.

 

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Manlio Argueta was born in San Miguel, El Salvador in 1935. He left the country in 1972 and lived in exile in Costa Rica, where he taught literature and creative writing until the end of the Salvadoran Civil War. His second novel, Caperucita en la zona rosa, received the Casa de las Americas Prize in 1977. His third, Un día en la vida, was banned in El Salvador during the civil war but earned fifth place on the Modern Library's 100 best Latin American novels of the twentieth century. He currently lives in San Salvador.

Edward Waters Hood has translated works by several prominent Central American authors. He is currently a professor of Latin American Literature at Northern Arizona University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Curbstone Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1880684322
• ISBN 13: 9781880684320
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible