In the 1960s, there occurred amongst Latin American writers a
sudden explosion of literary activity known as the Boom . It marked
an increase in the production and availability of innovative and
experimental novels. But the Boom of the 1960s should not be taken
as the only flowering of Latin American fiction, for such novels
dubbed new novels were being written in the 1940s and 1950s, as
well as in the 1970s and 1980s. In this edited collection, first
published in 1990, Philip Swanson charts the development of Latin
American fiction throughout the twentieth century. He assesses the
impact of the new novel on Latin American literature, and follows
its growth. Nine key texts are analysed by contributors, including
works by the big four of the Boom Fuentes, Cortazar, Garcia Marquez
and Vargas Llosa.
This book will be of interest to critics and teachers of Latin
American literature, and will be useful too as supplementary
reading for students of Spanish and Hispanic Studies. It will also
serve as a helpful introduction to those new to Latin American
fiction. "
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