CHAPTER IX: CUMPLEAÑOS: THE MYTH AND DEMYTHIFICATION OF JORGE LUIS BORGES.
A literary criticism of the book ""Cumpleaños," by Carlos Fuentes is presented. It describes the novel as dense and esoteric. It also asserts that it is a homage and a parody of the metaphysical world of Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, whom Fuentes considers as the father of the Latin American B...
| Publicado en: | Lifting The Obsidian Mask: The Artistic Vision of Carlos Fuentes pp. 160 - 195 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Digitalia Publishing Corp.
2007
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| Sumario: | A literary criticism of the book ""Cumpleaños," by Carlos Fuentes is presented. It describes the novel as dense and esoteric. It also asserts that it is a homage and a parody of the metaphysical world of Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, whom Fuentes considers as the father of the Latin American Boom Novel. An overview of the story is also given. |
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