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Do you guys read south american literature?
I'm almost certain that you do.
Here's my favorite south american poet Mr Huidobro.
Also I've heard great things about Julio Cortazar and Julio Scherer, im eager to get books from both of them.

>> No.3522912

I really like Borges and Marquez, still need to get around to Cortazar and Neruda

>> No.3522914

I'll be damned if any of you dare to post here without ever reading any of Mario benedetti's work.

"More than kissing, more than going to bed together, she let me hold her hand, and that was love."

>> No.3522923

>>3522914
The truce.
Kudos are in order sir.
Frankly i can't think of any real literature enthusiast that remain chained to a single language.

>> No.3522931

>>3522908
My advice.
Get a copy of "Vivir" by Mr Scherer and "Rayuela" By Cortazar.

>> No.3523385

Except from Huidobro, you guys went full pleb in this thread.

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3523402

>"More than kissing, more than going to bed together, she let me hold her hand, and that was love."

>> No.3523417

why didn't anyone mention Horacio Quiroga?

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>>3523385
wow so Pablo Neruda is pleb.. man anon sure is a faggot today

>> No.3523421

Bolano, Borges, the list just goes on.

>> No.3523426

>>3523402

Lewd

>> No.3523450

I like Fedorico Garcia Lorca. Don't know if he counts.

>> No.3523466

>>3522908

Cortazar is great if you like a mild mindfuck or want literature that is a commentary on perspective, literature, and cognition.

Neruda is good, but, having lived in Chile, I can tell you Chileans feel a little betrayed by him (not that this takes away from his work). Try Huidobro, La rokha, and especially Parra if you want something a bit more "authentic".

Jose Martí (not Martín, you'll get an entirely different guy) is an all around badass and writes poems that make you feel in love with the world and like you want to fight for it. And goddam can he use figurative language.

Bolaño is cool, becoming more popular every day, and an interesting read. His stories have a way of sucking you in and teaching you about latin america, a world still feeling the effects of colonialism.

Marquez. This guys is not overrated and deserves almost all of the praise people heap on him. His short stories have interesting premises and his novels are an engrossing exploration of humanness.

Borjes is probably regarded as the king of short stories, and somewhat rightly so. You feel like you've read something magical at the end, and in a good way (not just a bunch of whimsical and phantasmagoric sentences).

I could go on, but if you really like Huidobro perhaps check out Parra and La rokha? Not fo the same style but of a similar milieu.

>> No.3523470

>>3523466

I forgot Luisa Valenzuela. Great feminist writer. I know the terms turns some people off but her stories are constructed in such a masterful way. Even when they seem obvious and apparent if you keep looking you'll realize that is just the ostentatious component of underlying complexity.

>> No.3523475

>>3523466
>La Rokha

Almost, buddy.

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3523478

I've read most of Julio Cortazar's collection of short stories called Blow Up, and they're pretty good. Not amazing, and a bit amateurish and experimental at times, but entertaining nonetheless

>> No.3523488

>>3523450
Kill yourself please

>> No.3523493

>>3523488
Why? Spanish =/= spic or what.

>> No.3523500

>>3523450
>>3523493
I'm not the guy who told you to kill yourself, but Lorca is not "South American literature", like OP asked for.

>> No.3523503

>>3522908

Lezama Lima and his Paradiso with its baroque language style is a mindblowing achievement.

Miguel Ángel Asturias in Mulata achieves the highest levels of humour and magical realism.

Alejo Carpentier is a classic and a must-read.

Carlos Fuentes is fantastic in Terra Nostra.

>> No.3523505

>>3523500
Ehh.. he's hispandex. Close enough.

>> No.3523512

>>3523505
Eres un idiota. En serio.

>> No.3523518

>>3523512
Hey dickfeatures that should be tu eres.

>> No.3523523

>>3523518
If you knew anything at all about the language, you'd know that pronouns aren't necessary and are generally used for clarification/emphasis.

Good try, though. I guess.

>> No.3523524

>>3523518
lol nope.

>> No.3523525

>>3523523
>>3523524
>getting trolled