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  | | Juan de la Rosa(1st Edition) Memoirs of the Last Soldier of the Independence Movement (Library of Latin America) by Nataniel Aguirre, Sergio Gabriel Waisman Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 1998 by Oxford University Press, Usa ISBN-13: 978-0-19-511327-3, ISBN: 0-19-511327-6 "Long considered a classic in Bolivia, Juan de la Rosa tells the story of a young boy's coming of age during the violent and tumultuous years of Bolivia's struggle for independence. Indeed, in this remarkable novel, Juan's search for his personal identity functions as an allegory of Bolivia's search for its identity as a nation. Set in the early 1800s, this remarkable novel is narrated by one of the last surviving Bolivian rebe ..." |
 | | Borges And Translation The Irreverence Of The Periphery (THE BUCKNELL STUDIES IN LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND THEORY) by Sergio Gabriel Waisman Hardcover, 267 Pages, Published 2005 by Bucknell University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8387-5592-1, ISBN: 0-8387-5592-5 "This book studies how Borges constructs a theory of translation that plays a fundamental role in the development of Argentine literature, and which, in turn, expands the potential for writers in Latin America to create new and innovative literatures through processes of re-reading, rewriting, and mis-translation. The book analyzes Borges's texts in both an Argentine and a transnational context, thus incorporating Borges's ideas into con ..." |
 | | Dreams and Realities(1st Edition) Selected Fiction of Juana Manuela Gorriti (Library of Latin America) by Juana Manuela Gorriti, Francine Masiello, Sergio Waisman, Sergio Gabriel Waisman Hardcover, 306 Pages, Published 2003 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-511737-0, ISBN: 0-19-511737-9 "One of the most dramatic figures among Latin America's romantic writers and the distinguished woman writer of her century, Juana Manuela Gorriti brings passion and intrigue to the scene of writing. An exile from her native Argentina who sought refuge first in Bolivia and then in Peru, her lifetime of travel and displacement is echoed in her fictions. Her short stories tell of homelessness and nomadic yearnings, taking the reader from th ..." |
 | | Leopold Lugones--Selected Writings (Library of Latin America) by Leopoldo Lugones, Sergio Gabriel Waisman, Gwen Kirkpatrick Hardcover, 152 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-517405-2, ISBN: 0-19-517405-4 "Argentina's best-known writer during his lifetime, Leopoldo Lugones's work spans many literary styles and ideological positions. He was influential as a modernist poet, as a precursor of the avant-garde, and also as the poet of Argentine nature. His short stories (Las Fuerzas Extranas: 1906) were early examples of the fantastic in Latin American fiction and influenced Borges, Quiroga, and others. They reflect an interest in the uncann ..." |
 | | The Absent City-CL by Ricardo Piglia, Sergio Waisman, Sergio Gabriel Waisman Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2000 by Duke Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-2557-4, ISBN: 0-8223-2557-8 "Widely acclaimed throughout Latin America after its 1992 release in Argentina, "The Absent City" takes the form of a futuristic detective novel. In the end, however, it is a meditation on the nature of totalitarian regimes, on the transition to democracy after the end of such regimes, and on the power of language to create and define reality. Ricardo Piglia combines his trademark avant-garde aesthetics with astute clinical and political ..." |