Chile

Book Overview

The twenty stories in Chile: A Traveler's Literary Companion -- most of which are available here for the first time in English -- reveal that the nation that gave birth to two poets who won Nobel prizes in literature is also the home of many world-class prose writers. This collection evokes the diversity of the country's landscape and the complexity of its recent history. Contributors include Luis Alberto Acu ntilde;a, Marjorie Agos iacute;n, Roberto Ampuero, Marta Brunet, Francisco Coloane, Adolfo Couve, Jos eacute; Donoso, Ariel Dorfman, Jorge Edwards, Beatriz Garc a-Huidobro, Pedro Lemebel, Patricio Manns, Tito Matamala, Pablo Neruda, Dar o Oses, Hern aacute;n Rivera Letelier, Patricio Riveros Olavarr a, Osvaldo Rodr guez Musso, Enrique Vald s, and Jos Miguel Varas.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883513138
• ISBN13: 9781883513139
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Whereabouts Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

interesting book

Since it is short stories you can have it in the car or whatever and pick it up at odd moments. Enjoyed all the stories so far and the cultural differences are of interest while not massively jarring. But then people seem to always be people don't they? Buy and enjoy this if you like character study with interesting culture and geography.

The Baedeker of 20th-century Chilean Literature

Blessings on the heads of the Traveler's Literary Companions folks, who figured out a magical formula: travelers like to read, and reading infinitely enhances the experience of a trip. This small, packable volume collects stories by Chilean writers and arranges them geographically from Antofagasta to Punta Arenas, in the process revealing much of Chile's mood, culture, and geography.