Pedro Juan Gutiérrez's Dirty Realism: Reinventing Cuban Spaces - Hardcover

by Lori Oxford (Author)

This work examines Gutiérrez's Centro Habana Cycle (1998-2003) as a literary response to the social, political, and economic crisis of Cuba's Special Period. The author offers a series of thematically arranged close readings that explore Gutiérrez's interpretation of life and reality via his signature semi-autobiographical narrative.

Author Biography

Lori Oxford is associate professor of Spanish at Western Carolina University.