Contemporary Short Stories from Central America

This volume collects some of the best short fiction from the six Spanish-speaking countries of Central America--Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Selected from stories written between 1963 and 1988, it is a broad representation of active Central American writers. Many of the stories are quite sophisticated and utilize elements of the absurd or techniques of magical realism. Some stories deal with war--the unending struggle against dictators and military power that engrosses Central Americans. Others explore the realm of the writer's imagination. Some of the writers included are Augusto Monterroso (Guatemala), Carmen Naranjo and Samuel Rovinski (Costa Rica), Rosa María Britton and Jaime García Saucedo (Panama), and Alfonso Quijada Urías (El Salvador).

Author: Enrique Jaramillo Levi
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 03/01/1994
Pages: 299
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.03w x 0.87d
ISBN: 9780292740341

About the Author
Enrique Jaramillo Levi is an editor at the Editorial Universitaria of the Universidad de Panamá. Leland H. Chambers is emeritus professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Denver.