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Contemporary Latin American Literature : Original Selections from the Literary Giants for Intermediate and Advanced Students »

Book cover image of Contemporary Latin American Literature : Original Selections from the Literary Giants for Intermediate and Advanced Students by Gladys Varona-Lacey

Authors: Gladys Varona-Lacey, Gladys M. Varona-Lacey
ISBN-13: 9780658015069, ISBN-10: 0658015060
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: August 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Gladys Varona-Lacey

Gladys Varona-Lacey is an associate professor of Spanish at Ithaca College (NY).

Book Synopsis

Contemporary Latin American Literature reflects the wealth of great writers of Latin America over the last hundred years, including Jorge Luis Borges, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Noble Prize winners Gabriela Mistral, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, and Gabriel Garcia Márquez. The selections—almost 100 works in their original form—include English definitions for difficult Spanish words.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Latin-American Literature: An Overview

Mariano Azuela

De cómo al fin lloró Juan Pablo

Horacio Quiroga

La Gallina degollada

El hijo

El solitario

Gabriela Mistral

Los sonetos de la muerte

La maestra rural

Mis libros

Pan

Muro

César Vallejo

Los heraldos negros

La cena miserable

El pan nuestro

Los pasos lejanos

Los dados eternos

Masa

Jorge Luis Borges

Fundación mítica de Buenos Aires

Límites

Poemas de los dones

La casa de Asterion

El milagro secreto

Miguel Ángel Asturias

Leyenda del Cadejo

Leyenda de la Tatuana

Nicolás Guillén

Mulata

Búcate plata

Tú no sabe inglé

Sensemayá

Dos niños

Canción puertorriqueña

Alejo Carpentier

Viaje a la semilla

Pablo Neruda

Poema 20

Oda a la alcachofa

Cortés

La Standard Oil Co.

Pido silencio

José María Arguedas

selección de Las ríos profundos: «El Viejo»

Juan Rulfo

Es que somos muy pobres

Talpa

Julio Cortázar

Casa tomada

La noche boca arriba

Octavio Paz

Epitafio para un poeta

Dos cuerpos

Un día de tantos

Proema

selección de El laberinto de la soledad

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