Latin American and Arab literature : transcontinental exchanges / Tahia Abdel Nasser.

"Since the 19th century, Arab migration from the Ottoman Empire to Latin America and Latin American travel to the Arab world has created transcontinental routes--and in the late 20th century, the translation of Latin American classics into Arabic flourished in the Arab world. Drawing on Latin A...

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Main Author: Abdel Nasser, Tahia Khaled (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023]
Series:Edinburgh studies in modern Arabic literature.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Cultural exchange between Latin America and the Arab world
  • Transcontinental literature : Gabriel García Márquez and Héctor Abad Faciolince
  • The African shore : Rodrigo Rey Rosa and Alberto Ruy Sánchez in Morocco
  • Children of Scheherazade : Gabriel García Márquez in Arabic
  • Che Guevara's diaries, Miguel Littín's adventures : Latin American iconography in Arabic literature
  • Dreams of Jorge Luis Borges, nightmares of Carlos Fuentes : Arabic and world literature
  • Epilogue : The legacy of transcontinental ties.