Landscapes of A New Land: Short Fiction by Latin American Women (Secret Weavers Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (514 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0934834962 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 194 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Worthwhile as One of the Earlier Collections in English of Women's Writing in the Region" according to Reader in Tokyo. This book was published in 1989 and contained 21 short stories and 1 excerpt from a family memoir. The 21 female authors were from 10 Latin American countries. Argentina, Brazil and Chile were best represented, with Worthwhile as One of the Earlier Collections in English of Women's Writing in the Region Reader in Tokyo This book was published in 1989 and contained 21 short stories and 1 excerpt from a family memoir. The 21 female authors were from 10 Latin American countries. Argentina, Brazil and Chile were best represented, with 4-5 stories each, the other writers were from Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Peru and Uruguay.The editor's intention was to present works by great writers from the region. The oldest authors included were Chile's Marta Brunet (1897-1967) and María Luisa Bombal, (1910-80), Argentina's Silvina Ocampo (1906-93), Cuba's Dora Alonso (1910-20. -5 stories each, the other writers were from Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Peru and Uruguay.The editor's intention was to present works by great writers from the region. The oldest authors included were Chile's Marta Brunet (1897-1967) and María Luisa Bombal, (1910-80), Argentina's Silvina Ocampo (1906-9Worthwhile as One of the Earlier Collections in English of Women's Writing in the Region This book was published in 1989 and contained 21 short stories and 1 excerpt from a family memoir. The 21 female authors were from 10 Latin American countries. Argentina, Brazil and Chile were best represented, with Worthwhile as One of the Earlier Collections in English of Women's Writing in the Region Reader in Tokyo This book was published in 1989 and contained 21 short stories and 1 excerpt from a family memoir. The 21 female authors were from 10 Latin American countries. Argentina, Brazil and Chile were best represented, with 4-5 stories each, the other writers were from Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Peru and Uruguay.The editor's intention was to present works by great writers from the region. The oldest authors included were Chile's Marta Brunet (1897-1967) and María Luisa Bombal, (1910-80), Argentina's Silvina Ocampo (1906-93), Cuba's Dora Alonso (1910-20. -5 stories each, the other writers were from Bolivia, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Peru and Uruguay.The editor's intention was to present works by great writers from the region. The oldest authors included were Chile's Marta Brunet (1897-1967) and María Luisa Bombal, (1910-80), Argentina's Silvina Ocampo (1906-93), Cuba's Dora Alonso (1910-20. ), Cuba's Dora Alonso (1910-20
In "Solitude of Blood," Marta Brunet, from Chile, describes a woman who transcends her husband's domination through the pleasure afforded by a single phonograph record. The narrator of Mexican Margo Glantz's "Genealogies" reconstructs her family's history from snippets of relatives' accounts and images drawn from cinema. The archives in Uruguayan Cristina Peri Rossi's "The Museum of Futile Endeavors" immortalize (in alphabetical and chronological files) hopeless efforts--such as one man's 10-year attempt to teach his dog to speak. From Publishers Weekly This variegated anthology spotlights 21 accomplished authors from 10 countries. The celebrated Clarice Lispector and Luisa Valenzuela appear alongside less familiar contributors; each voice here achieves distinction. Agosin is the author of Pablo Neruda. In "The Enchanted Raisin," a fairy tale by Jacqueline Balcells of Chile, three "absolutely unbea
A landmark collection that rescues the voices of the great women writers of Latin America.“This is so far the best anthology of Latin American women’s literature in translation published in this country. Highly recommended.”—Choice