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Paperback In Search of the Sacred Book: Religion and the Contemporary Latin American Novel Book

ISBN: 0822965046

ISBN13: 9780822965046

In Search of the Sacred Book: Religion and the Contemporary Latin American Novel

(Part of the Illuminations: Cultural Formations of the Americas Series)

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...

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