The Censorship Files: Latin American Writers and Franco's Spain

Contents

Contents Illustrations ix Preface THE CENSORSHIP FILES xi Acknowledgments xxix Chapter 1. PUBLISHING MATTERS: The Boom and Its Players 1 The New Rules of Censorship 9 The New Seix Barral 13 Bitching about the Boom 22 Chapter 2. THE WRITER IN THE BARRACKS: Mario Vargas Llosa Facing Censorship 37 Facing the Censors, Facing the Market 45 The Marketing of Military Literature 58 Chapter 3. CUBAN NIGHTS FALLING: The Revolutionary Silences of Guillermo Cabrera Infante 71 The Cuban Connection: Spain and the “Infantes of the Revolution” 79 Silencing the Cuban Revolution: From “Vista del amanecer en el trópico” to Tres tristes tigres 89 Censorship Remains: A Revolutionary’s Career 103 Chapter 4. FROM MELQU´IADES TO VERNET: How Gabriel García Márquez Escaped Spanish Censorship 109 Wise and Unwise Catalans 117 García Márquez and His “Familiar” Censors 125 A Citizen Censor 135 vii Chapter 5. BETRAYED BY CENSORSHIP: Manuel Puig Declassified 141 Betrayed by the Marketplace 146 Betrayed by Aunt Clara 155 “Playing ‘Toro’” Betrayed by Ms. Hayworth 165 Epilogue. LEGENDS OF THE BOOM: Latin American Publishing Revisited 173 Notes 185 Works Cited 203 Index 221 viii Contents ...