Nicaraguan Sketches - Hardcover

CORTÃÂZAR, Julio

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393027643 ISBN 13: 9780393027648

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989

Synopsis

Argentinian novelist, Julio Cortazar, offers 15 essays written between 1976 and 1983 on the artistic renaissance which followed the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua, the Contra war and the writer's role in Latin America. Included here is Cortazar's speech upon receiving the Ruben Dario award.

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Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

From Library Journal:

As a major novelist and short story writer, Cortazar (1914-1984) combined strong social commitment with experimental literary techniques. This skillfully translated posthumous collection of essays, based on a clandestine visit Cortazar took to Nicaragua in 1976, provides posterity with views on the writer's role in contemporary Latin American life. The sequences of the essays follows the Sandinista movement--to whom the book is dedicated--from opposition to the Somoza dynasty to contra-threatened power. The essays vary greatly in focus and in length and include discussion of the intellectual foundations for revolutionary doctrine and the role of writer in Latin America. Recommended, especially as a supplement to Latin American literature collections.
- James Rhodes, Luther Coll., Decorah, Ia.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0393027643
• ISBN 13: 9780393027648
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 142