Alsino
- ISBN-10
- 0820421480
- ISBN-13
- 9780820421483
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 191
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
- Author
- Pedro Prado
Description
The enduring value of "Alsino" is reflected clearly in the author's wise blending of the novel's mythological content (evocative of the Icarus legend) and the setting's essential reality (Chile's and the author's rural South).
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