About This Book
This work examines four Latin American writers--Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Cesar Vallejo, and Ricardo Piglia--in the context of their respective national cultural traditions. The author proposes that a consideration of tragedy affords new ways of understanding the relation between literature and...
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8h 3m
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180 WPM
5h 48m
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250 WPM
4h 8m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 86,900 wordsπ
12 days at 30 min/day
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6 h 26 min
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9 h 39 min
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4 h 50 min
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