Cruel fictions, cruel realities : short stories by Latin American women writers

Author(s)

• Leonard, Kathy S.

Bibliographic Information

Cruel fictions, cruel realities : short stories by Latin American women writers

edited and translated by Kathy S. Leonard ; foreword by Ana María Shua

Latin American Literary Review Press, c1997

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-131)

"Nineteen stories by 12 writers from across the region, almost all little-known or never before translated into English. Stories share common theme of human cruelty in different forms (political, personal, religious, etc.). Includes translator's introduction, biographical pages on each author, and extensive bibliography. Some compelling stories. Solid translations, if sometimes too similar in voice"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58

• NCID: BB14709673
• ISBN:
  • 0935480870
• LCCN: 97013681
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: spa
• Place of Publication: Pittsburgh, Pa.
• Pages/Volumes: xxv, 131 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PQ7087.E5
  • DC21 : 863/.0108868
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Short stories, Spanish American -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : Spanish American fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : Spanish American fiction -- Women authors -- Translations into English
  • LCSH : Cruelty in literature