The Untimely Present: Postdictatorial Latin American Fiction and the Task of Mourning by Idelber Avelar

The Untimely Present: Postdictatorial Latin American Fiction and the Task of Mourning

Idelber Avelar

312 pages 1999

4 editions

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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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