The twenty stories in Chile: A Traveler's Literary Companion -- most of which are available here for the first time in English -- reveal that the nation that gave birth to two poets who won Nobel prizes in literature is also the home of many world-class prose writers. This collection evokes the diversity of the country's landscape and the complexity of its recent history. Contributors include Luis Alberto Acuntilde;a, Marjorie Agosiacute;n, Roberto Ampuero, Marta Brunet, Francisco Coloane, Adolfo Couve, Joseacute; Donoso, Ariel Dorfman, Jorge Edwards, Beatriz Garca-Huidobro, Pedro Lemebel, Patricio Manns, Tito Matamala, Pablo Neruda, Daro Oses, Hernaacute;n Rivera Letelier, Patricio Riveros Olavarra, Osvaldo Rodrguez Musso, Enrique Valds, and Jos Miguel Varas.
The twenty stories in Chile: A Traveler's Literary Companion -- most of which are available here for the first time in English -- reveal that the nation that gave birth to two poets who won Nobel prizes in literature is also the home of many world-class prose writers. This collection evokes the diversity of the country's landscape and the complexity of its recent history. Contributors include Luis Alberto Acuntilde;a, Marjorie Agosiacute;n, Roberto Ampuero, Marta Brunet, Francisco Coloane, Adolfo Couve, Joseacute; Donoso, Ariel Dorfman, Jorge Edwards, Beatriz Garca-Huidobro, Pedro Lemebel, Patricio Manns, Tito Matamala, Pablo Neruda, Daro Oses, Hernaacute;n Rivera Letelier, Patricio Riveros Olavarra, Osvaldo Rodrguez Musso, Enrique Valds, and Jos Miguel Varas.
