Imagining Eden Gurría-Quintana, Ángel
World Policy Journal,
12/2015, Letnik:
32, Številka:
4
Journal Article, Book Review
Recenzirano
Gurria-Quintana talks about the Garden of Eden. The myth of the biblical garden has been persistent in the history of Latin America. There is a much smaller garden at the headquarters of the UN's ...Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Chilean capita in Santiago.
A pregnant Bibiana leaves the family homestead and is soon training to be a teacher, growingly aware of — and determined to speak out against — the deep-rooted injustices of rural servitude. In ...exposing the exploitation of tenant farmers, it also offers a pointed analysis of the underlying issues of race and racism. Crooked Plow by Itamar Vieira Júnior, translated by Johnny Lorenz, Verso £10.99/$19.95, 288 pages Join our online book group on Facebook atFT Books Café Angel Gurría-Quintana
The Parable Book,/ by Per Olov Enquist, translated by Deborah Bragan-Turner, MacLehose Press, RRPPounds 17.99/ In this autobiographical tale of longing and loss, an ageing author recalls his ...encounter, aged 15, with a 51-year-old woman from Stockholm visiting his remote northern village. Fish Have No Feet: A Family History,/ by Jon Kalman Stefansson, translated by Philip Roughton, MacLehose Press, RRPPounds 14.99/ In this powerful family saga spanning three generations, Ari, a divorced poet-turned-publisher, returns to...
