The Columbia Guide to the Latin American Novel Since 1945

Raymond Williams

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September, 2007
Cloth, 400 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12688-5
$75.00 / £52.00

Preface

Part One Introduction, Chronological Survey, and Regional Survey



Introduction to the Latin American and Caribbean Novel

Chronological Survey

Regional Survey

Conclusion: The Post-1945 Novel, the Desire to Be Modern, and Redemocratization

Part Two Nations, Topics, Biographies, Novels (A-Z)

Annotated Bibliography

Index

Series

• Columbia Guides to Literature Since 1945

About the Author

Raymond Leslie Williams is a professor of Latin American literature at the University of California, Riverside, where he has served as graduate adviser, chair, and dean. He specializes in modern Latin American fiction, with particular interest in the literatures of Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil. He has been Fulbright Scholar in Colombia, and his publications focus on the writings of Carlos Fuentes, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Gabriel García Márquez, as well as the literature of Colombia.Raymond Williams is professor of Latin American literature at UC-Riverside and author of The Postmodern Novel in Latin America: Politics, Culture, and the Crisis of Truth (St. Martin's, 1997); The Modern Latin American Novel (Twayne, 1998); and The 20th Century Spanish American Novel: A Critical History (Univ. of Texas Press, 2003).

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