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The new novel in Latin America: politics and popular culture after the boom

1996; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 34; Issue: 03 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.34-1443

1943-5975

Philip Swanson,

Latin American Literature Analysis

The boom and beyond - Latin America and the not-so-new novel Manuel Puig and El beso de la mujer arana - sailing away on a boat to nowhere Guillermo Cabrera Infante and Tres tristes tigres - infantile paralysis? Mario Vargas Llosa and La tia Julia y el escribidor - freedom, authority and textual control Carlos Fuentes and La cabeza de la hidra - spies like us Jose Donoso and La misteriosa desaparicion de la marquesita de Loria - coitus interruptus Gustavo Sainz and La princesa del palacio de hierro - funniness, identity and the post-boom Clarice Lispector and A hora de estrella - Feminite or realite? Isabel Allende and La casa de los espiritus - tyrants and trash bibliography of works cited.