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AmodernisturbannovelinthetraditionofJamesJoyceAdamBuenosayresisatour-de-forcethatchroniclesBuenosAiresteemingwithlifeinallitscleverandcrassrudeandintelligentforms.EmployingarangeofliterarystylesandavarietyofvoicesLeopoldoMarechalparodiesandcelebratesArgentinasmostbrilliantliteraryandartisticgenerationthemartinerristasofthe1920samongthemJorgeLuisBorges.Firstpublishedin1948duringthepolarizingreignofJuanPernthenovelwashailedbyJulioCortzarasanextraordinaryeventintwentieth-centuryArgentineliterature.Setoverthecourseofthreebreak-neckdaysAdamBuenosayresfollowstheprotagonistthroughanapparentmetaphysi-calawakeningabattleforhissoulfoughtbyangelsanddemonsandadescentthroughaplaceresemblingacomicversionofDanteshell.PresentingbothabreathtakingtranslationandthoroughexplanatorynotesNormanCheadlecapturesthelimitlesslanguageofMarechalsorigi-nalandguidesthereaderalonganunmatchedjourneythroughthecultureofBuenosAires.Thisrst-everEnglishtranslationbringstolightMarechalsmasterworkwithanintroductionoutliningthenovelsimportanceinvariouscontextsArgentineLatinAmericanandworldliteratureandwithnotesilluminatingitsliteraryculturalandhistoricalreferences.LeopoldoMarechal19001970beganhisliterarycareerasapoetintheavant-gardesceneofBuenosAiresinthe1920sandexertedafundamentalinuenceonArgentinepoetryandction.Hewrotemorethantwentybooks.NormanCheadleisassociateprofessorofHispanicstudiesatLaurentianUniversity.ErnestoCardinalandSergioRamrezaretwoofthemostinuentialLatinAmericanintellectualsofthelatetwentiethandearlytwenty-rstcenturies.AddressingNicaraguasstruggleforself-denitionfromdivergentethnicreligiousgenerationalpoliticalandclassbackgroundstheyconstructeddistinctyetcompatiblevisionsofnationalhistoryanchoredinareappraisaloftheearlytwentieth-centuryinsurgentleaderAugustoCsarSandino.DuringtheSandinistaRevolutionof197990CardenalappointedNicaraguasministerofculturebecameoneofthemostprovocativeandinternationallyrecognizedguresofliberationtheologywhileRamrezamemberoftherevolutionaryjuntaandlaterelectedvice-presidentofNicaraguaemergedasanauthoritativegureforthirdworldnationalism.Butbeforeallelsethetwoweregroundbreakingcreativewriters.ThroughaclosereadingoftheworksbyNicaraguasbest-knownandmostprolicmodernauthorsSandinosNationstudiestheconstructionofNicaraguannationalidentityduringthreedistinctperiodsofthecountrysrecenthis-torybeforeduringandafterthe197990revolution.StephenHenighanoffersrigoroustextualanalysesofpoemsmemoirsessaysandnovelsinterwovenwithasharplynarratedhistoryofNicaragua.TheonlycomprehensivestudyofthecareersofCardenalandRamrezSandinosNationisessentialtounderstandingtransformationsinbothNicaraguaandtheroleofthewriterinLatinAmerica.StephenHenighanprofessorofHispanicstudiesattheUniversityofGuelphwasshortlistedfortheGovernorGeneralsAwardfornon-ctionin2002.23MQUPSPRING2014SPECIFICATIONSApril2014978-0-7735-4315-739.95ACDN39.95AUS26.99paper978-0-7735-4314-0125.00SCDN125.00SUS94.00cloth6x9800ppSimultaneouselectroniceditionavailableSPECIFICATIONSApril2014978-0-7735-4309-629.95TCDN29.95TUS19.99paper6x9720ppSimultaneouselectroniceditionavailableAdamBuenosayresACriticalEditionleopoldomarechalTranslatedbyNormanCheadlewithSheilaEthierIntroductionandNotesbyNormanCheadleTherst-everEnglishtranslationofArgentinasUlysses.LATINAMERICANSTUDIESWORLDLITERATURESandinosNationErnestoCardenalandSergioRamrezWritingNicaragua19402012stephenhenighanHowtwoofLatinAmericasgreatestwritersdram-atizedNicaraguannationhoodbeforeduringandaftertheSandinistaRevolution.FICTIONLATINAMERICANSTUDIES