Introduction: private eyes & time travelers. (detective fiction and science fiction from Latin America) (Latin America: Private Eyes & Time Travelers)
From: The Literary Review
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Date: 9/22/1994
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Author: Stavans, Ilan
The subgeneras of science fiction and detective fiction are an important part of contemporary latin american literature. of the two, the detective fiction is more developed. It has had several practitioners who have experimented with form and content notably Jorge Luis Borges and Paco Ignacio Taibo II. Reinaldo Arenas' work provides an example of Latin American science fiction. This subgenre is yet to mature.
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