Uruguayan Juan Carlos Onetti, along with Vargas Llosa, contributed to the Latin American "Boom" literature that shook up culture around the world in the 1960s and 1970s. In this labor of love, Vargas Llosa takes the reader through Onetti's life and times, firmly placing his work within the context of Latin America's struggles in the 20th century. He analyzes Onetti's complete body of work, beginning with the first novel, El pozo, published in 1939, and examining each novel through Cuando ya no importe, published a year before Onetti's death in 1994. Vargas Llosa's meticulously researched analysis covers Onetti's relationship with great authors from Borges to Faulkner and adroitly illustrates his theses about art and the human condition. It is a fascinating read that portrays a very human Onetti: as a child hiding in a closet to read, a political prisoner exiled by Uruguay's military dictatorship, anda tourist who, along with Vargas Llosa, was guided around 1960s San Francisco by Beat poets Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. An indispensable selection for academic libraries and large public libraries with strong Latin American literature collections.Sara Martinez, Hispanic Resource Ctr., Tulsa City-Cty. Lib. Syst.
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BN ID: | 2940159832924 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial |
Publication date: | 06/15/2023 |
Series: | Hispánica |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Language: | Spanish |
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