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Archive for April, 2008

Either or…

Coming to the end of the course I find myself reflecting on the first novels I read when I started taking an interest in this field.  They were the giants of course, boom texts like “Cien años de soledad”, and “Pedro Paramo” indigenista works such as “Los Rios Profundos” and Feminist works such as “Oficio en tinieblas” and “La casa [...]

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This is one of the best novels in the Spanish language.  This is not a statement of literary criticism or even one of personal opinion, this is based on the consensus of the judges who gave this book the 2005 Premio Cervantes, the most prestigious prize in the Spanish speaking world.  A brief glance at past winners [...]

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