19th c. authors in Latin America

[Anonymous No.4215738]

Never seen a thread like this, so let's try it out. Have you read any Latin American lit produced in the 19th c.? Was it any good?

I'm about to try and read "O Alienista" by Machado de Assis (pic related) in its original Portuguese. Not sure what to expect, really.

[Anonymous No.4216276]

Convinced that /lit/ barely knows anything about literature.

[demiurge No.4216282]

>>4215738
>Have you read any Latin American lit produced in the 19th c.?

nope. but if you want to extend this to early 20th, i loved a lot of the ultraists.

[Anonymous No.4216334]

>>4215738
I've only read Bras Cubas and Quincas Borba translated in English. They were rather forgettable to me, but expect Maupassant's pessimism with a hint of the supernatural.

[Anonymous No.4216343]

>>4215738
I've only read Bras Cubas and Quincas Borba translated into English. They were rather forgettable to me, but expect Maupassant's pessimism with a hint of the supernatural.

[Anonymous No.4216351]

>>4216276
>doesn't care for shit nations
>wahh /lit/ knows nothing about literature

[Anonymous No.4216363]

>>4216351
go back to /pol/ you xenophobic subhuman

[Anonymous No.4216371]

>>4216282
Yeah, let's hear 'em.

[Anonymous No.4216378]

>>4216343
Can you link anything to amazon? I wanna pick some up.

[demiurge No.4216379]

>>4216371
i dig guillermo de torre. check out some of his poetry.

[Anonymous No.4216398]

>>4216378
http://www.amazon.com/Epitaph-Small-Winner-Novel-Classics/dp/0374531234

http://www.amazon.com/Philosopher-Dog-Machado-Assis/dp/0374523282

[Anonymous No.4216418]

Cuban here, grew up reading Jose Marti, one of our most important patriots and our greatest poet

[Anonymous No.4216435]

I liked Dom Casmurro quite a lot

[Anonymous No.4216449]

I wanted to read Jose Alencar but my library doesn't have any of his stuff.

[Anonymous No.4216679]

>>4216418
Didn't he write "Guantanamera?" I think Seeger mentions him a couple times.