Some Write to the Future: Essays on Contemporary Latin American Fiction,Used

Some Write to the Future: Essays on Contemporary Latin American Fiction,Used

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Product Description 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 authorMiguel Angel Asturias, Jorge Luis Borges, Jos Maria Arguedas, Alejo Carpentier, Gabrial Garcia Mrquez, Roa Bastosand one final essay looks at the "testimonial" or concentration camp literature from Chile.Praise for Ariel DorfmanOne of the most important voices coming out of Latin America.Salman RushdieA remarkable writer . . . writing out of a very different cultural perspective from comfortable American readers.Digby Diehl, Los Angeles Herald ExaminerOne of the six greatest Latin American novelists.Jacobo Timmerman, Newsweek Review "[A] Chilean literary grandmaster. . ." Michael Quinn, "Time Magazine""Dorfman explores with great insight the differing ways that political militants and writers of fiction can bear testimony to torture and man's inhumanity to man. His conclusion is that by its very weakness and ambiguity, by its ability to entertain endless doubt, literature can come closer to understanding such horrors." Nick Caistor, "The Independent" (London)"In "Some Write to the Future," Ariel Dorfman, the Chilean poet, novelist, critic, and playwright, turns criticism into a personal questfor his own context, both as writer and citizen of Latin America. . . . As both political and literary being, he belongs to the Latin American tradition of the committed writer. . . . [An] intelligent and thoughtful book." James Polk," Washington Post Book World""Lucid and thoughtprovoking. . ." Ilan Stavans, "New York Times Book Review" About the Author 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 awardwinning 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.

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