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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (2119)12/27/2000 2:49:00 AM
From: PoetRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 6089
 
LOL! I don't think it's just Hispanic poets and novelists that are deliberately obtuse, it's a professional liability. <g> You know, the old "Wow, that was so hard to understand that it must be brilliant."

Latin American poetry and fiction has a long and rich history of fantasy and the fantastic that North American does not share. I'm thinking here of the writings of Borges and Cortazar, among others. That's probably why many North Americans find it difficult to read.

I'm doing a wee Google search on some of the poets you mentioned earlier tonight. I hadn't heard of some and am intrigued...



To: Tom Clarke who wrote (2119)12/27/2000 8:00:40 AM
From: Mao IIRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 6089
 
Funny you should pick Vargas Llosa as an example. Maybe you are talking about some of the early work like The Green House?? Take a crack at War of the End of the World, which is very accessible. M2
PS Vargas Llosa, of course, is an extremely conservative political figure. Perhaps the thread should be discussing more progressive writers.


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