Latin American Literary Studies Association
It was inevitable. He has been ill for a long time. It was just a matter of a year, two, maybe even months. But when the news came I did not want to hear it. Garcia Marquez is the reason I am who I am. His books brought me – no, dragged me, kicking and
This is not the best news to come to on a Wednesday morning… Carlos Fuentes, one of the best known Mexican novelists of the Boom, died at the age of 83 – http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2012/05/16/ While his political views might be somewhat questionable (after all, he was Luis Echeverría’s staunch supporter), his literary talent is self-evident. You