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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 468 EAN: 9780130489302 ISBN: 0130489301 Label: Prentice Hall Manufacturer: Prentice Hall Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 284 Publication Date: November 18, 2002 Publisher: Prentice Hall Studio: Prentice Hall
Product Description: This book offers a collection of 24 Hispanic short stories by both male and female authors. Containing an introduction to the Short Story in both English and Spanish, this collection includes a variety of selections that were chosen for their content, style, and cultural contexts. All selections in this anthology, written by authors from Spain, Cuba, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Mexico, Chile, Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Colombia, and the United States, demonstrate the common themes of social hierarchy, the power of the imagination, human psychology, gender issues, justice, destiny, and the supernatural. For readers who are interested in looking comparatively at Spanish short stories.
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Rating: - Wonderful Book for Intermediate to Native Speakers
I came across this book from my Spanish tutor a couple of years ago. I really appreciate that it is practically entirely in Spanish, but geared towards the non-native speaker. That said, even native speakers, more specifically teachers of Spanish, would reap a lot of benefit from this book. When I was taking some classes in Buenos Aires recently, I showed the book to my teacher, and he really like the layout, the fact that for each short story, you are given a one paragraph history about the ... Read More
