by Katherine Silver (Editor)
The twenty stories in Chile: A Traveler's Literary Companion -- most of which are available here for the first time in English -- reveal that the nation that gave birth to two poets who won Nobel prizes in literature is also the home of many world-class prose writers. This collection evokes the diversity of the country's landscape and the complexity of its recent history. Contributors include Luis Alberto Acu?ntilde;a, Marjorie Agos?iacute;n, Roberto Ampuero, Marta Brunet, Francisco Coloane, Adolfo Couve, Jos?eacute; Donoso, Ariel Dorfman, Jorge Edwards, Beatriz Garc?a-Huidobro, Pedro Lemebel, Patricio Manns, Tito Matamala, Pablo Neruda, Dar?o Oses, Hern?aacute;n Rivera Letelier, Patricio Riveros Olavarr?a, Osvaldo Rodr?guez Musso, Enrique Vald?s, and Jos? Miguel Varas.