Testimonio hispanoamericano

In this brilliant overview of parodic praxis in the Spanish-American novel during the years 1960-1985, Elzbieta SkPlodowska examines several aspects of parody: its role in the renovation of anachronistic forms of discourse (mock-epic) and the re-writing of the canon of the historical novel; its function in transgressing literary formulas (detective novel); its subversive quality in the counter-discourse of women writers; and the relation between parody, satire, irony, humor, and metafiction. This sound analysis of some twenty-five novels, carefully illustrated by works little treated in...

La muerte es una especie de festividad en El sol negro de papá, que se lee no en la vida del muerto sino a partir de los duelos. Como la muerte es un asunto de vivos, adquiere trascendencia no en la especulación de qué pasará después de morir, sino en el qué pasa cuando la noticia le llega a alguien y este alguien se defiende de ella viviendo.Un buen logro para la literatura colombiana, que con obras como esta, de Reinaldo Spitaletta, sale de esa resignación macabra a la que tantos escritores aparecen condenados.

This edition comprises selected examples of the Cuban writer Ofelia Rodriguez Acosta' s prose, including her best known novel and samples of her short stories, essays and journalism works. These texts range from raw realism to lyrical exaltation; from the direct portayal of the historical moment to the meticulous insight of the human psyche. Her peculiar naturalism bloomed under the influence of the philosophical currents of her times, encompassing echoes of Positivism, but after a passionate discussion against Existentialism her writing steerer towards the Latin American avant-garde...

Reviewers have celebrated this important volume as the first comprehensive critical appraisal of the 1997 Nobel Prize laureate for literature. The volume features an introduction, an extensive annotated bibliography, an index, and Aleixandre's Nobel Prize acceptance lecture.

Isabel y Antonio acordaron reunirse a jugar en las faldas de la montaña, pero, aunque ambos van a la cita, no logran encontrarse. Buscándose y llamándose, escalan la montaña mientras el día transcurre entre ovejas, vacas, truchas, osos, tortugas y otros animales. Al llegar a la cima, los amigos entienden finalmente el porqué del desencuentro.