True and false romances
Subtitle: stories and a novella
By: Ana Lydia Vega ; translated by Andrew Hurley.
Series: Masks
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London ; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Vega, Ana Lydia, 1946- -- Translations into English; Machismo -- Fiction
Genres: Translations into English.; Fiction.
Description: In this scintillating collection of stories Puerto Rican writer Ana Lydia Vega exposes machismo, Caribbean style. With deft pastiches of genre fiction - the thriller, the historical romance, the bodice ripper - she turns the traditions of Latin American fiction on their heads and produces a work that critically reflects the influence of US culture. Though her stories appear in many anthologies, this is the first collection of Ana Lydia Vega's work to be published in English.

It showcases one of the provocative 'post-feminist' voices of the continent.
Notes: "A paperback original"--P. [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: True romances; title: Aerobics for love; title: Deliverance from evil; title: Solutions, Inc.; title: Just one small detail; title: Série noire; title: Consolation prize; title: Eye-openers; title: Miss Florence's trunk.