The Censors: A Bilingual Selection of Stories - Softcover

Valenzuela, Luisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0915306123 ISBN 13: 9780915306121

Publisher: Curbstone Books, 1995

Synopsis

The Censors is the only bilingual collection of fiction by Luisa Valenzuela, one of Latin America's best known and most widely translated authors. This selection of stories from Clara, Strange Things Happen Here, and Open Door, which delves into the personal and political realities under authoritarian rule, gives a rich representation of her literary talent.

About this title

About the Author:

Luisa Valenzuela (born November 26, 1938, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a post-'Boom' novelist and short story writer. Her writing is characterized by an experimental, avant-garde style which questions hierarchical social structures from a feminist perspective. She is best known for her work written in response to the dictatorship of the 1970s in Argentina. Works such as Como en la guerra (1977), Cambio de armas (1982) and Cola de lagartija (1983) combine a powerful critique of dictatorship with an examination of patriarchal forms of social organization and the power structures which inhere in human sexuality and gender relationships.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Spanish (translation)
Original Language: Spanish

About this edition

• Publisher: Curbstone Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0915306123
• ISBN 13: 9780915306121
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 255