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HISTORY AND CRITICISM · SPANISH AMERICAN

Roberto González Echevarría

Also known as: Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria, Roberto González Echevarría

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Experto en cultura latinoamericana, Roberto González Echevarría reside en Estados Unidos, donde es catedrático en la Universidad de Yale. A lo largo de su carrera ha publicado numerosos artículos y ensayos sobre la literatura hispanoamericana, siendo ganador de premios como el Bryce Wood o el Dave Moore.

His hair was white, close-cropped, and his skin deeply tanned.

— from Cuba, 1999

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Cuba

1999

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"In the space of a few days beginning on 18 March 2003, the Cuban authorities arrested scores of dissidents in targeted sweeps. Some were subsequently released, but 75 of them were subjected to hasty and manifestly unfair trials in early April and quickly sentenced to long prison terms of up to 28 years. Most appealed their sentences, but the appeals were rejected. This report examines the prison conditions in which the prisoners of conscience, including allegations of ill-treatment and ill-health."--Publisher website.

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The Oxford book of Latin American short stories

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"Includes 53 stories spanning evolution of short fiction in Brazil as well as Hispanic America across a broad range of writing from colonial era and 19th century to modern favorites such as Lugones, Quiroga, Lima Barreto, Borges, Cortázar, Rulfo, Ribeyro, Castellanos, Lispector, Ferré, and Monterroso, in versions by distinguished translators. An essay by the editor traces evolution of the genre. Brief headnotes for each period and author and a short bibliography provide ample contextualization. Recommended for classroom use"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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Voice of the Masters

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