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Overview
Fiction. ".This Anthology is so valuable; it lays open the emotions of writers who, in turn, speak for others still shrouded in silence. For women in Latin America, setting down a short story is like screaming out loud; it breaks the rules, violates the code of silence into which we are born. Through these stories, each author selected by Dr. Zapata shouts out defiantly and reveals our experience to the world" -Isabel Allende.
Editorials
Library Journal
This thoughtful collection is another welcome addition to the small but growing body of literature by contemporary Latin American women writers in translation. (See, for instance, Landscapes of a New Land , LJ 12/89.) The anthology includes 32 short stories by 31 women from 14 countries. The writers are all well known in their own countries, but few--except Isabel Allende, who has also written the foreword--will be known to most readers in this country. The other writers, including Clarice Lispector, Carmen Naranjo, Luisa Valenzuela, Rima de Vallbona, and others, certainly deserve our recognition. Correas de Zapata's scholarly introduction sets the tone for the collection, which should be enjoyed by nonscholars as well.-- Mary Margaret Benson, Linfield Coll . Lib., McMinnville, Ore.Book Details
Published
June 1, 1990
Publisher
Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico Press, 1990.
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781558850026