Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real
by Celia Correas De Zapata (Editor)
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Celia Correas de Zapata, an internationally recognized expert in the field of Latin American fiction written by women, has collected stories by thirty-one authors from fourteen countries, translated into English by such renowned scholars and writers as Gregory Rabassa and Margaret Sayers Peden. Contributors include Dora Alonso, Rosario Ferré, Elena Poniatowska, Ana Lydia Vega, and Luisa Valenzuela. The resulting book is a literary tour de force, stories written by women in this hemisphere show more that speak to cultures throughout the world. In her Foreword, Isabel Allende states, “This anthology is so valuable; it lays open the emotions of writers who, in turn, speak for others still shrouded in silence.” show lessTags
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Celia Correas Zapata is Professor of Latin American literature at San Jose State University.
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- Short Stories by Latin American Women: The Magic and the Real
- Original language
- Spanish; Portuguese
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