Like Mónica Bravo's heroine attempting to outwit death, or the mayor's wife, in a story by Alicia Yánez Cossío, surviving the news of her husband's infidelity, many of the protagonists are strong women, wise and shrewd. Perhaps the same could be said of the twenty-four authors who have drawn from their experience and imagination to create these compelling, often haunting, stories of life, liberty, love, and loss.
Like Mónica Bravo's heroine attempting to outwit death, or the mayor's wife, in a story by Alicia Yánez Cossío, surviving the news of her husband's infidelity, many of the protagonists are strong women, wise and shrewd. Perhaps the same could be said of the twenty-four authors who have drawn from their experience and imagination to create these compelling, often haunting, stories of life, liberty, love, and loss.
Fire from the Andes: Short Fiction by Women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780826318251 |
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Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
Publication date: | 03/01/1998 |
Edition description: | 1 ED |
Pages: | 208 |
Sales rank: | 957,937 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.57(d) |