Killer Books: Writing, Violence, and Ethics in Modern Spanish American Narrative

Abstract

Introduction. Killer Books: Writers, Writing, and Ethics in Spanish America Part I. Abuses Writing and Child Abuse in Manuel Gutierrez Najera's "La hija del aire" Silvina's Fall: Manuel Zeno Gandia's Epicurean Ethics of Writing in La charca Ifigenia's Choice: Teresa de la Parra's Demonic Option Part II. Admonitions From Fission to Fiction: Ethical Chain Reactions in Jorge Luis Borges's "The Garden of Forking Paths" Ethics and Theatricality in Alejo Carpentier's The Harp and the Shadow Shared Guilt: Writing as Crime in Julio Cortazar's "Press Clippings" Notes Bibliography Index