Conversaciones literarias con novelistas contemporáneos (Monografías A) - Softcover

Beilin, Katarzyna Olga

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855660997 ISBN 13: 9781855660991

Publisher: Tamesis Books, 2004

Synopsis

Nine of today's most celebrated Hispanic writers reveal themselves and their concerns, and how the latter are reflected in their work. The writers are Ricardo Piglia, Antonio Munoz Molina, Juan Jose Millas, Jose Maria Merino, Enrique Vila-Matas, Quim Monzo, Cristina Fernandez Cubas, Pedro Zarraluki and Ray Loriga. The interviews allow readers closer personal acquaintance with the subjects, their fiction and their cultural circumstances, in the process touching on major intellectual issues of today - the definition of reality, the role of art and the challenge of otherness. Each conversation is introduced by an essay commenting on the main themes in the author's works. The book contains a detailed bibliography and an extensive general introduction, which presents the intellectual context for the issues discussed. Entrevistas con Ricardo Piglia y ocho eminentes escritores espanoles: Antonio Munoz Molina, Juan Jose Millas, Jose Maria Merino, Enrique Vila-Matas, Quim Monzo, Cristina Fernandez Cubas, Pedro Zarraluki y Ray Loriga. Son extensas conversaciones sobre la narrativa de cada escritor, abordando los problemas mas recurrentes en ella. Pero las conversaciones no solo permiten conocer a fondo a los escritores y entender mejor sus ideas sino tambien contienen gran variedad de comentarios sobre los temas mas polemicos de finales del siglo XX - el caracter de la realidad, el papel del arte y la importancia de la otredad. Las entrevistas van precedidas de ensayos que se centran en la obra de cada autor y de una introduccion general, donde se presentan los temas tratados, y las acompana una bibliografia detallada. KATARZYNA OLGA BEILIN es profesora de espanol en la Universidad de Wisconsin en Madison.

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Review:

Without question a worthy acquisition for anyone interested in the contemporary Spanish novel or any one of the novelists interviewed therein. JOURNAL OF THE MIDWEST MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION

About this edition

• Publisher: Tamesis Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1855660997
• ISBN 13: 9781855660991
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228