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Article: Foreigners in the Homeland: The Spanish American New Novel in Spain, 1962-1974.(Book Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- April 1, 2004
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Foreigners in the Homeland: The Spanish American New Novel in Spain, 1962-1974. By MARIO SANTANA. (The Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory) Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press. 2000. 234 pp. $41.50. ISBN 0-8387-5450-3.
This is an important book and probably one that many critics have been waiting to see written. It deals with the reception of the Spanish American New Novel in Spain, and in so doing, not only offers valuable insights into the nature of the Boom itself, but also, perhaps more fundamentally, brings out the crucially influential role of Spanish American fiction in the development of the modern Spanish novel. With regard to ...