Osman Lins: crossing frontiers.

From: The Review of Contemporary Fiction | Date: September 22, 1995| Author: Ladiera, Julieta Goloy | Copyright information

The works of Osman Lins have crossed frontiers in the sense that they have reached other countries, other markets. Lins recognized the universal value of literature, and wanted a wider readership in which he could entrust a greater critical criterion. Literature's greatness lies in part in its power to cross national borders, its ability to reach other people, bringing to them new perceptions, new sensations, new pleasures. The only great barrier to be crossed is linguistic barrier. Several p...

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