Literary Collections Caribbean & Latin American
Mirrors of War
Literature and Revolution in El Salvador
- Publisher
- Between the Lines
- Initial publish date
- Oct 1985
- Category
- Caribbean & Latin American
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780919946576
- Publish Date
- Oct 1985
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
A superb collection of prose and poetry that springs directly from the revolution in El Salvador. The literature vibrates with a sense of anger and irony, urgency and hope, against a backdrop of oppression and brutality.
About the authors
Horacio Castellanos Moya's profile page
Keith Ellis is a professor emeritus in the Department of Italian and Hispanic Studies at the University of Toronto.
Editorial Reviews
Mirrors of War is a ‘cinematographic’ compilation of mature prose and poetry reflecting the Salvadoran revolution’s moods from lyrical to brutal, and including the country’s famous poet Roque Dalton.
<p><em>The Guardian</em></p>
Professor Ellis’s translation effectively conveys to English readers the power and immediacy of the original language, with its frequent use of first-person narration, the evocation of the rhythms and idioms of popular speech, and the images of peasant life in the midst of war’s brutality and disruption.
Canadian Book Review Annual
