The Lights of Home: A Century of Latin American Writers in Paris

by Jason Weiss

Book Overview

Because of political, cultural, or economic difficulties in their homelands, Latin American writers have often sought refuge abroad. Their independent searches for a haven in which to write often ended in Paris, long a city of writes in exile. This is more than solely a group biography of these writers or an explication of material they wrote about Paris; it is also a luminous account of the work they wrote while in Paris, often based in their homelands...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415940125
• ISBN13: 9780415940122
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"