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312 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780822324157
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 10 December 1999
Description
The Untimely Present examines the fiction produced in the aftermath of the recent Latin American dictatorships, particularly those in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. Idelber Avelar argues that through their legacy of social trauma and obliteration o...
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312 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780822324157
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 10 December 1999
Description
The Untimely Present examines the fiction produced in the aftermath of the recent Latin American dictatorships, particularly those in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. Idelber Avelar argues that through their legacy of social trauma and obliteration o...