Jorge Luis Borges y Alfonso Reyes: La cuestión de la identidad del escritor latinoamericano

Fondo de Cultura Económica, México, 1999, 239 pp. Printed 1999. Reprinted 2000.

Language: Spanish

Este libro ilustra la evolución de Borges escritor y su rol como precursor del realismo mágico.

This book illustrates the evolution of Borges as a writer and his role as precursor of magic realism. (The book is currently being translated into English)

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Amelia Barili es la primera en hacer un análisis de la identidad literaria latinoamericana en Reyes y en Borges. Con él, Barili demuestra que la creatividad de ambos causó un impacto definitivo, central en la narrativa latinoamericana contemporánea, y señaló el camino a la libertad.

Elena Poniatowska

Elena Poniatowska is an acclaimed Latin American journalist and author. Winner of the prestigious Rómulo Gallegos Literature award (2007). Poniatowska received Spain's Premio Cervantes, the greatest existing Spanish-language literary award for an author's lifetime works, in 2013. Her "testimonial narratives" are often based on both historical facts and the accounts of the marginalized people of society, who traditionally do not have the means and the media opportunities to express themselves.