Onetti and Others

Gustavo San Roman is Lecturer in Spanish in the Department of Spanish at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is the author of Amor y nacion. Ensayos sobre literatura uruguaya.

"The richly nuanced feminine readings will allow readers to grasp the sense of what Hélene Cixous once referred to as 'phallic monosexuality,' a concept most appropriate in describing the work of Onetti. But without a doubt, the best feature of this book is what each and every contributor sought to highlight: the intertextual links between Onetti and other authors. Because the approach of this book is comparative, it opens doors to readers from many disciplines." — René Prieto, Southern Methodist University

• Notes on Contributors Bibliographical Note Introduction 1. Onetti and the 1940sDonald L. Shaw 2. La tierra mas transparente or La region de nadie: Onetti and FuentesSteven Boldy 3. Onetti and Donoso: Heroes and Whores in Juntacadaveres and El lugar sin limitesPhilip Swanson 4. Otherwise, or Reading Onetti with BorgesMark I. Millington 5. "But my writing has nothing to do with Arlt's": Trace and Silence of Arlt in OnettiPaul Jordan 6. The Thin and the Fat: Onetti and Felisberto HernandezGustavo San Roman 7. Between Man and Woman: Onetti and Armonia SomersMaria Rosa Olivera-Williams 8. "The cadaver raised its head and tried to smile": The Prostitute in Onetti's Juntacadaveres and Luisa Valenzuela's Hay que sonreirLinda Craig 9. Masculine Impostures and Feminine Ripostes: Onetti and Clarice LispectorHilary Owen 10. Conrad and Onetti: The Two SteinsPeter Turton 11. "I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind": Onetti and EcclesiastesSabine Giersberg 12. Translating Onetti for Anglo-Saxon OthersPeter Bush Index