Two Contemporary Short Stories: Modern Art and the Critics and Redemption Lopez, Victor D.

subject of Roland Barthe's groundbreaking work of literary criticism, S/Z (1970). Composed as a frame

both criticism from Lucho's cousin-who has made it obvious the family is not welcome to stay in her

Carlotto is arguably "the best living Italian crime writer" (Il Manifesto). At once a harsh criticism of

the psychological tension of classic horror with searing social criticism to present an unsettling

a criticism of the cultural impact astrology had on their society. Eventually, the narrative shifts

." -The New York Times Book Review "A confident first novel, full of wit and deft social criticism

parts observational micro-fiction and cultural criticism reflecting on the dailiness of life as a woman

Criticism's attempt to uncouple Literature from Time and put it in a glass case, is a bad fit for most fiction

mashes up fiction and criticism, giving us Borgesian fabulation complete with the trappings of