Twentieth Century Ecuadorian Narrative: New Readings in the Context of the Americas

by K.J.A. Wishnia

This study, aimed at both Latin Americanists and a larger no-Spanish-speaking audience of readers interested in literatures of the Americas, examines works by several of Ecuador's most important twentieth-century writers in terms of the interrelations of history and myth, of realism and magic, of the interacting languages and cultures and the representation of mestizaje, and the problems of using orality and dialogism to actively undermine authorative discourse.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1999

About the author

aka Kenneth Wishnia.

Kenneth John Alexander Wishnia's debut novel, 23 Shades of Black, featuring Filomena Buscarsela, was short-listed for the Edgar and Anthony awards for best first novel in 1998. He has written three subsequent Filomena mysteries, Soft Money, The Glass Factory and Red House. Born in New Hampshire, he is a graduate of Brown University and has a Ph.D. in comparative literature from SUNY Stony Brook. He lives on Long Island, New York, with his wife, a native of Ecuador, and their two children, and is a professor in the English Department at SUNY Suffolk.