The Post-Boom in Spanish American Fiction

by Donald Shaw

Book Overview

What happened in Spanish American fiction after the Boom? Can we define the Post-Boom? What are its characteristics? How does it relate to the Boom itself? Is Post-Boom the same as Postmodernism or something quite different? Shaw traces the emergence of a different kind of writing which began to displace the Boom in the mid-1970s and has flourished ever since. More reader-friendly, more concerned with the here and now of Latin America, the writers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791438252
• ISBN13: 9780791438251
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"