Books by Manlio Argueta and Complete Book Reviews
Manlio Argueta, Author Vintage Books USA $8.95 (255p) ISBN 978-0-394-74253-3
In this lyrical, episodic novel, Argueta, author of One Day of Life, celebrates the poor people of El Salvador (whose Indian name is Cuzcatlan). Focusing on several generations of a peasant family, the narrative shifts voice and perspective and...
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Manlio Argueta, Author, Edward Waters Hood, Translator, Edward Waters Hood, Translator Curbstone Press $14.95 (232p) ISBN 978-1-880684-32-0
Argueta's charmingly elusive political romance, Caperucita en la zona roja, first appeared in 1978 and received the Casa de las Americas Prize; it is newly revised for this English translation. Alfonso, the ""wolf,"" is a poet and university student
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Manlio Arguerta, Author, Michael B. Miller, Translator, Manlio Argueta, Author Curbstone Press $14.95 (160p) ISBN 978-1-880684-68-9
Argueta (Little Red Riding Hood in the Red Light District) is considered El Salvador's greatest living writer, and this latest of his works to be translated into English will add to his reputation: it is a postmodernist tour de force. A disjointed...
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