{"product_id":"ciudades-y-mundos-posibles-9783111390536","title":"Ciudades y mundos posibles","description":"\u003cp\u003e A critical examination of Latin American urban novels from the 2000s highlights a growing trend to view the present and depict the future in a negative and destructive light. This book studies 10 fictions that bring together transgressive, violent, prospective, and sociopolitical aesthetics: \u003cem\u003ePiedras encantadas\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), by Rodrigo Rey Rosa (Guatemala); \u003cem\u003eAngosta\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), by Héctor Abad (Colombia); \u003cem\u003eEl cerco de Bogotá\u003c\/em\u003e (2003), by Santiago Gamboa (Colombia); \u003cem\u003eInsensatez\u003c\/em\u003e (2004), by Horacio Castellanos (Honduras); \u003cem\u003eNocturama\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), by Ana Torres (Venezuela); \u003cem\u003eAverno\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), by Gabriel Jiménez (Venezuela); \u003cem\u003eLa última vez\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), by Héctor Bujanda (Venezuela); \u003cem\u003eEl sueño de Mariana\u003c\/em\u003e (2008), by Jorge Galán (El Salvador); \u003cem\u003eEl cielo llora por mí\u003c\/em\u003e (2008), by Sergio Ramírez (Nicaragua), and \u003cem\u003eBajo tierra\u003c\/em\u003e 2008), by Gustavo Valle (Venezuela). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The analysis of the corpus allows us to identify the thematic evolution of the violent city, the infernal city, the dystopian city, the post-revolutionary city and the algorithmic city, as well as their corresponding forms and writing strategies, which could constitute the articulation of some possible worlds. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luis Mora-Ballesteros","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48265293431035,"sku":"9783111390536","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_1523ab93-b97a-45fd-a720-421392de2f80.jpg?v=1776638825","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/ciudades-y-mundos-posibles-9783111390536","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}