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The Censors: A Bilingual Selection of Stories
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The Censors: A Bilingual Selection of Stories Paperback - 1995

by Luisa Valenzuela; Hortense Carpentier (Translator); J. Jorge Castillo (Translator)

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The Censors is the only bilingual collection of fiction by Luisa Valenzuela, one of Latin America's best known and most widely translated authors. This selection of stories from Clara, Strange Things Happen Here, and Open Door, which delves into the personal and political realities under authoritarian rule, gives a rich representation of her literary talent.

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  • Title The Censors: A Bilingual Selection of Stories
  • Author Luisa Valenzuela; Hortense Carpentier (Translator); J. Jorge Castillo (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 255
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Curbstone Press, Willimantic, CT
  • Publication date 1995-07
  • ISBN 9780915306121 / 0915306123
  • Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.46 x 5.5 x 0.7 in (21.49 x 13.97 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
    • Ethnic Orientation: Latino
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Valenzuela, Luisa - Translations into English
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 91058995
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

LUISA VALENZUELA is a post-"Boom" novelist and short story writer. Her writing is characterized by an experimental, avant-garde style which questions hierarchical social structures from a feminist perspective. She is best known for her work written in response to the dictatorship of the 1970s in Argentina. She has written for newspapers, magazines, and radio in her native Argentina, and was a Resident Writer at the Center for Interamerican Relations at New York and Columbia University for 10 years.

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