Offering analysis of their most important, popular, and frequently assigned fictional works, this book surveys the contributions of eight notable Latino writers.
Introduction11The Fiction of Julia Alvarez: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (1992) and In the Time of the Butterflies (1995)152The Fiction of Rudolfo Anaya: Bless Me, Ultima (1972)333The Fiction of Sandra Cisneros: The House on Mango Street (1984) and Woman Hollering Creek (1991)474The Fiction of Junot Diaz: Drown (1996)715The Fiction of Cristina Garcia: Dreaming in Cuban (1992) and The Aguero Sisters (1997)856The Fiction of Oscar Hijuelos: The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (1989)1057The Fiction of Judith Ortiz Cofer: The Line of the Sun (1989)1178The Fiction of Ernesto Quinonez: Bodega Dreams (2000)131Selected Bibliography143Index147