Fire from the Andes
Subtitle: short fiction by women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru
By: edited and translated by Susan E. Benner and Kathy S. Leonard ; foreword by Marjorie Agosín.
Contributors: Benner, Susan E. 1957-; Leonard, Kathy S., 1952-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Albuquerque
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Bolivian fiction -- Women authors -- Translations into English.; Short stories, Bolivian -- Translations into English.; Bolivian fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English.; Ecuadorian fiction -- Women authors -- Translations into English.; Short stories, Ecuadorian -- Translations into English.; Ecuadorian fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English.; Peruvian fiction -- Women authors -- Translations into English.; Short stories, Peruvian -- Translations into English.; Peruvian fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English.
Description: This anthology provides an opportunity for English-speaking audiences to read previously untranslated fiction by women from Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. Much of this work is inspired by an awareness of social injustice - particularly for women, indigenous groups, and other marginalized members of society - and by a desire to transcend that injustice through personal revelation. Most of the stories focus on women's inner lives and their struggles to make sense of experience.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-189).