Central de novelas8/31/2023 It is likewise good to see such masters as Quiroga and Uslar Pietri, as well as Carrasquilla’s growing popularity. To mention every name would be useless, but I am glad to see an old friend, José Milla, included in the past century 1 and also a story by my professor at Montreal, José Rafael Pocaterra. Necessarily the initial material is mostly taken from novels Palma is the first real writer of what might be called short stories. About the only defect is that one must read each summary carefully in order to trace the literary movements. Most authors and countries are included, although there is no attempt at universality. The book is divided into three chronological periods : the mid XIX century from 1880 till 1909 and the contemporary group. It has an excellent introduction, and good prefaces for each author in fact, one of the best features of the book are these short biographies (as with Miguel Angel Asturias, whose data are hard to find). The 700-page volume is well printed and bound. This new anthology of Latin American prose is good reading and might be used as a textbook. Professor Flores has translated from Spanish to English and English to Spanish his previous successes include Fiesta in November, which was popular during the war, and the volume on Spanish fiction in the Modern Library.
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