Haunting Without Ghosts: Spectral Realism in Colombian Literature, Film, and Art

by Juliana Martainez and Juliana Martínez

Winner, William M. LeoGrande Prize, Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University, 2022

For half a century, cultural production in Colombia has labored under the weight of magical realism--above all, the works of Gabriel Garc a M rquez--where ghosts told stories about the country's violent past and warned against a similarly gruesome future.

Decades later, the story of violence in Colombia is no less horrific,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1477321713
• ISBN13: 9781477321713
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"