The Censorship Files - Latin American Writers and Franco's Spain (Paperback)

Drawing on extensive research in the Spanish National Archive, Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola examines the role played by the censorship apparatus of Franco's Spain in bringing about the Latin American literary Boom of the 1960s and 1970s. He reveals the negotiations and behind-the-scenes maneuvering among those involved in the Spanish publishing industry. Converging interests made strange bedfellows of the often left-wing authors and the staid officials appointed to stand guard over Francoist morality and to defend the supposed purity of Castilian Spanish. Between these two uneasily allied groups circulated larger-than-life real-world characters like the Barcelona publisher Carlos Barral and the all-powerful literary agent Carmen Balcells. The author details the fascinating story of how novels by Mario Vargas Llosa, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Gabriel GarcAa MA rquez, and Manuel Puig achieved publication in Spain, and in doing so reached a worldwide market."

General

Imprint:	State University of New York Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture
Release date:	2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-7914-6986-6
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Publishing industry Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Censorship
LSN:	0-7914-6986-7
Barcode:	9780791469866

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