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Elvira Sánchez-Blake's shattering testimonial novel Spiral of Silence (Espiral de Silencios) depicts the impact of Colombia's civil war on three women: Norma, an upper-class army wife, Maria Theresa, a young rebel and mother, and Amparo, who comes of age at a critical moment in the country's history.

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This engaging collection of texts offers students of Spanish the opportunity to read works by thirteen contemporary Hispanic writers and then view those authors on DVD as they talk about their life and work. The authors come from different regions in Latin America, Spain, and the United States. A variety of genres, such as narrative texts, plays, poems, and oral narration, as well as a range of styles and themes are represented in the book. In...

Explores contemporary Latin American realities through madness narratives by prominent women authors. Close reading of these works reveals a pattern of literary techniques employed by the writers to represent conditions that defy language, make sociopolitical crises tangible and register cultural perceptions of mental illness through literature.