In search of the sacred book : religion and the contemporary Latin American novel /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	González, Aníbal, 1956- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2018]
Series:	Illuminations (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Subjects:	Latin American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Latin American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism. Religion in literature.

Table of Contents:

Introduction. A literary trinity : the novel, the sacred, and the nation
Prophetic discourse in the naturalist novel : Frederico Gamboa and Manuel Zeno Gandía
The other theologian : Jorge Luis Borges and "the death of the novel"
Tales from eternity : María Luisa Bombal, Alejo Carpentier, Juan Rulfo
In search of the sacred book : Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, José Lezama Lima
Desacralizations : Elena Poniatowska, Fernando Vallejo, Roberto Bolaño.