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...Heroes and Tombs, Ernesto Sàbato...
FICTION: Dad, William Wharton Ellis Island & Other Stories, Mark Helprin ∙On Heroes and Tombs, Ernesto Sdbato ∙Outside Over There, Maurice Sendak ∙Riddley Walker, Russell Hoban -The Testament, Elie Wiesel Zuckerman Unbound, Philip Roth...
...HEROES AND TOMBS by Ernesto Sábato; Godine; 479 pages...
First published in Argentina in 1961, this long novel had to wait nearly 20 years for a suitable English translation (by Helen R. Lane) and a willing U.S. publisher. In the meantime, Sobre Héroes y Tumbas confirmed Ernesto Sábato's home-grown reputation as one of South America's leading writers and, when translations began spreading, brought him world-class praise. It is good that English-speaking readers can finally join this celebration and sad that they must come so late. Some of the novel's topicality has dimmed over the years; memories...
...sixth term. But in Nicaragua, ever since the revolutionary Sandinista regime took office in 1979, four priests have held high government posts, and a dozen others serve as key advisers. The four highly placed priests are Foreign Minister Miguel D'Escoto, Social Welfare Minister Edgard Parrales, Culture Minister Ernesto Cardenal, and Fernando Cardenal, director of the Young Sandinistas. D'Escoto is a member of the U.S.-based Maryknoll order...