Basándose en una investigación de autógrafos inéditos o desconocidos del autor cubano, se recrea el ambiente cultural que desemboca en la narrativa surrealista latinoamericana. Premio Iberoamericano de LASA al mejor libro sobre América Latina, 1997.
Explaining rivalry and rapprochement in cold war Latin America -- Parochial interest and policy change -- Antagonism and anticommunism in Argentine-Brazilian relations -- Peron and Dutra, 1947 : damn the torpedoes -- Frondizi and Quadros, 1961 : the spirit of Uruguaiana -- Lanus…
Transatlantic studies have begun to explore the lasting influence of Spain on its former colonies and the surviving ties between the American nations and Spain. In Monsters by Trade, Lisa Surwillo takes a different approach, explaining how modern Spain was literally made by its …
"Studies the influence of the plastic arts on the major writers of Latin American Modernism"--Provided by publisher.