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In Search of the Sacred Book

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In Search of the Sacred Book studies the artistic incorporation of religious concepts such as prophecy, eternity, and the afterlife in the contemporary Latin American novel. It departs from sociopolitical readings by noting the continued relevance of religion in Latin American life and culture, despite modernity's powerful secularizing influence. Analyzing Jorge Luis Borges's secularized "narrative theology" in his essays and short stories, the book follows the development of the Latin American novel from the early twentieth century until today by examining the attempts of major novelists, from María Luisa Bombal, Alejo Carpentier, and Juan Rulfo, to Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, and José Lezama Lima, to "sacralize" the novel by incorporating traits present in the sacred texts of many religions. It concludes with a view of the "desacralization" of the novel by more recent authors, from Elena Poniatowska and Fernando Vallejo to Roberto Bolaño.

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ISBN: 9780822965046
Publication date: 12th April 2018
Author: Aníbal González
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 224 pages
Series: Illuminations
Genres: Literature: history and criticism
Religion and beliefs
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000