Masterpieces of Latino Literature

Name: Masterpieces of Latino Literature
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ISBN: 9780062701060

ISBN-10: 0062701061

ISBN-13: 9780062701060

Edition: 1994

Authors: Frank N. Magill

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"Masterpieces of Latino Literature features critical summaries and descriptions of the greatest works of literature by Latino authors. All the important facts and dates of authorship, along with analyses of characters, settings, themes, and plots are included for works in every genre, including: autobiographies, novels, poetry, plays, essays, and short stories." "Containing works by authors of Latin heritage living in South, Central, and North America, this book covers everything from Jorge Amado's Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands to Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman, from Carlos Castaneda's The Teachings of Don Juan to Julio Cortezar's Hopscotch, as well as works by many lesser-known…

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 672
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.75" long x 2.00" tall
Weight: 2.838
Language: English

Alburquerque	p. 1
All Green Shall Perish	p. 5
Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.	p. 8
Apple in the Dark, The	p. 13
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter	p. 16
Aura	p. 19
Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, The	p. 22
Autumn of the Patriarch, The	p. 27
Avalovara	p. 30
Bay of Silence, The	p. 33
Betrayed by Rita Hayworth	p. 35
Bless Me, Ultima	p. 38
Bow and the Lyre: The Poem, the Poetic Revelation, Poetry, and History, The	p. 42
Boy Without a Flag: Tales of the South Bronx, The	p. 46
Brick People, The	p. 50
Brief Life, A	p. 54
Broad and Alien Is the World	p. 57
Buffalo Nickel: A Memoir	p. 61
Chronicle of a Death Foretold	p. 64
City of Night	p. 67
Conversation in the Cathedral	p. 71
Coronation	p. 75
Cutter, The	p. 78
Days of Obligation: An Argument with My Mexican Father	p. 81
Dear Diego	p. 85
Dear Rafe	p. 88
Death of Artemio Cruz, The	p. 91
Delia's Song	p. 94
Devil in Texas, The	p. 98
Devil to Pay in the Backlands, The	p. 102
Diary of the War of the Pig	p. 106
Distant Relations	p. 109
Don Goyo	p. 112
Don Segundo Sombra	p. 115
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands: A Moral and Amorous Tale	p. 119
Dora, Doralina	p. 122
Down These Mean Streets	p. 125
Dreaming in Cuban	p. 130
Eagle and the Serpent, The	p. 134
Edge of the Storm, The	p. 138
Epitaph of a Small Winner	p. 142
Essays of Jorge Luis Borges, The	p. 146
Eva Luna	p. 150
Explosion in a Cathedral	p. 154
Face	p. 157
Fair, The	p. 161
Fiesta in November	p. 164
Fifth Horseman, The	p. 168
Final Mist, The	p. 172
Flies, The	p. 176
Foreign Girl, The	p. 180
Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, The	p. 183
Fragmented Life of Don Jacobo Lerner, The	p. 187
From Cuba with a Song	p. 190
Futile Life of Pito Perez, The	p. 194
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon	p. 197
Gaucho Martin Fierro, The	p. 200
Gazapo	p. 204
Golden Serpent, The	p. 208
Green House, The	p. 211
He Who Searches	p. 214
Heartbreak Tango	p. 217
Hopscotch	p. 220
Hour of the Star, The	p. 223
House of the Spirits, The	p. 227
House on Mango Street, The	p. 231
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents	p. 235
Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez	p. 239
I, the Supreme	p. 243
Infante's Inferno	p. 248
Invention of Morel, The	p. 251
Itching Parrot, The	p. 254
Jubiaba	p. 258
Kingdom of This World, The	p. 261
Kiss of the Spider Woman	p. 264
Labyrinth of Solitude: Life and Thought in Mexico, The	p. 267
Leaf Storm	p. 270
Lean Lands, The	p. 273
Leaving Home	p. 276
Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies	p. 280
Lizard's Tail, The	p. 284
Lost Steps, The	p. 287
Love in the Time of Cholera	p. 291
Macho!	p. 295
Macho Camacho's Beat	p. 299
Macunaima	p. 303
Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, The	p. 307
Manual for Manuel, A	p. 310
Memory of Fire	p. 314
Men of Maize	p. 319
Mixquiahuala Letters, The	p. 323
Mulata	p. 327
No One Writes to the Colonel	p. 331
Obscene Bird of Night, The	p. 334
Old Gringo, The	p. 337
On Heroes and Tombs	p. 341
One Day of Life	p. 344
One Hundred Years of Solitude	p. 347
Our House in the Last World	p. 351
Outsider, The	p. 355
Palace of the White Skunks, The	p. 358
Paradiso	p. 362
Passion According to G. H., The	p. 365
Pedro Paramo	p. 369
Philosopher or Dog?	p. 373
Plays of Dolores Prida, The	p. 376
Plays of Luis Rafael Sanchez, The	p. 380
Plays of Luis Miguel Valdez, The	p. 385
Plum Plum Pickers, The	p. 390
Pocho	p. 394
Poetry of Jimmy Santiago Baca, The	p. 398
Poetry of Ernesto Cardenal, The	p. 402
Poetry of Rosario Castellanos, The	p. 407
Poetry of Lorna Dee Cervantes, The	p. 411
Poetry of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, The	p. 415
Poetry of Victor Hernandez Cruz, The	p. 418
Poetry of Ruben Dario, The	p. 422
Poetry of Carlos Drummond de Andrade, The	p. 426
Poetry of Nicolas Guillen, The	p. 430
Poetry of Jose-Maria de Heredia, The	p. 434
Poetry of Jose Marti, The	p. 439
Poetry of Gabriela Mistral, The	p. 444
Poetry of Pablo Neruda, The	p. 447
Poetry of Judith Ortiz Cofer, The	p. 452
Poetry of Heberto Padilla, The	p. 457
Poetry of Nicanor Parra, The	p. 462
Poetry of Octavio Paz, The	p. 467
Poetry of Alberto Rios, The	p. 471
Poetry of Luis Omar Salinas, The	p. 475
Poetry of Gary Soto, The	p. 479
Poetry of Cesar Vallejo, The	p. 483
Poetry of Bernice Zamora, The	p. 487
Rain of Gold	p. 491
Rebellion in the Backlands	p. 496
Senor Presidente, El	p. 500
Seven Madmen, The	p. 503
Shipyard, The	p. 506
Shrouded Woman, The	p. 510
62: A Model Kit	p. 514
So Far from God	p. 518
Son of Man	p. 522
Spidertown: A Novel	p. 525
Stories of Jorge Luis Borges, The	p. 529
Stories of Rosario Castellanos, The	p. 533
Stories of Denise Chavez, The	p. 536
Stories of Julio Cortazar, The	p. 540
Stories of Alberto Rios, The	p. 544
Stories of Tomas Rivera, The	p. 548
Stories of Helena Maria Viramontes, The	p. 551
Storyteller, The	p. 555
Strong Wind	p. 559
Summer Life, A	p. 562
Tattoo the Wicked Cross	p. 566
Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, The	p. 570
Tent of Miracles	p. 575
Terra Nostra	p. 578
This Sunday	p. 581
Three Marias, The	p. 583
Three Trapped Tigers	p. 586
Time of the Hero, The	p. 589
Underdogs, The	p. 593
Valley, The	p. 597
Villagers, The	p. 601
Violent Land, The	p. 605
Vision de Anahuac	p. 609
War of the End of the World, The	p. 613
Wedding, The	p. 616
Where the Air Is Clear	p. 621
Winners, The	p. 625
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories	p. 628
Working in the Dark	p. 632
Zarco, the Bandit, El	p. 636
Zero	p. 640
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