The Postmodern Novel in Latin America: Politics, Culture, and the Crisis of Truth - Softcover

Williams, Raymond L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312164580 ISBN 13: 9780312164584

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 1707

Synopsis

Focusing on fiction from the 1970s to the present, Williams discusses the new generation of postmodern writers, which includes the Cuban Severo Sarduy, the Argentine Ricardo Piglia, the Chilean Diamela Eltit, the Puerto Rican Luis Rafael Sanchez, the Mexicans Jose Emilio Pacheco and Carmen Boullosa, the Colombians Albalucia Angel and R. H. Moreno-Duran, and the Ecuadorian Jorge Enrique Adoum, as well as many others.
With topics of discussion ranging from political agendas, subversion, and parody to truth claims, marginalism, and the testimonio, Williams' argument not only supports postmodernism as a legitimate movement, but he also extends its authority from the North Atlantic region to the Caribbean, Mexico, and the Southern Cone.

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About the Author

Raymond L. Williams is Professor of Latin American Literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 1707
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312164580
• ISBN 13: 9780312164584
• Binding: Paperback