Laura Restrepo

Averis, Kate (2013) Laura Restrepo. In: The Contemporary Spanish American Novel: Bolano and After. Bloomsbury Academic . Bloomsbury, New York, pp. 252-257. ISBN 9781441142450

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Long revered by a loyal readership, Laura Restrepo has only begun to receive scholarly
attention. She has now has achieved the rare feat of reaching vast audiences both local and
international, and both academic and general. Of major national and international standing,
Restrepo is celebrated for the oblique focus she brings to recent and contemporary Colombian
history, as well as for engaging with the wider panorama of Spanish American political history.
Translated into over twenty languages, and recognized by major international prizes and awards,
Restrepo is not only a key figure of contemporary Colombian literature, but of Spanish American as
well as world literature today.

Item Type	Book Section
Additional Information	Chapter in The Contemporary Spanish American Novel: Bolano and After, ed. by Will H. Corral, Nicholas Birns, and Juan E. De Castro (New York: Bloomsbury, 2013), pp. 252-57
Subjects	Culture, Language & Literature
Divisions	Institute of Modern Languages Research > Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women's Writing
Date Deposited	01 Sep 2016 10:45
Last Modified	06 Aug 2024 05:06