The Censorship Files

Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola

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Drawing on extensive research in the Spanish National Archive, Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola examines the role played by the censorship apparatus of Franco's Spain in bringing about the Latin American literary Boom of the 1960s and 1970s. He reveals the negotiations and behind-the-scenes maneuvering among those involved in the Spanish publishing industry. Converging interests made strange bedfellows of the often left-wing authors and the staid officials appointed to stand guard over Francoist morality and to defend the supposed purity of Castilian Spanish. Between these two uneasily allied groups circulated larger-than-life real-world characters like the Barcelona publisher Carlos Barral and the all-powerful literary agent Carmen Balcells. The author details the fascinating story of how novels by Mario Vargas Llosa, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Gabriel García Márquez, and Manuel Puig achieved publication in Spain, and in doing so reached a worldwide market. This colorful account underpins a compelling claim that even the most innovative and aesthetically challenging literature has its roots in the economics of the book trade, as well as the institutions of government and the exigencies of everyday politics and ideology.

Acknowledgments
Illustrations
Preface. The Censorship Files

1. Publishing Matters: The Boom and Its Players

                The New Rules of Censorship
                The New Seix Barral
                Bitching About the Boom

2. The Writer in the Barracks: Mario Vargas Llosa Facing Censorship

                Facing the Censors, Facing the Market
                The Marketing of Military Literature

3. Cuban Nights Falling: The Revolutionary Silences of Guillermo Cabrera Infante

                The Cuban Connection: Spain and the “Infantes of the Revolution”
                Silencing the Cuban Revolution: From “Vista del amanecer en el trópico” to Tres tristes tigres
                Censorship Remains: A Revolutionary’s Career

4. From Melquíades to Vernet: How Gabriel García Márquez Escaped Spanish Censorship

                Wise and Unwise Catalans               
                García Márquez and His “Familiar” Censors
                A Citizen Censor

5. Betrayed by Censorship: Manuel Puig Declassified

                Betrayed by the Marketplace
                Betrayed by Aunt Clara
                “Playing ‘Toro’” Betrayed by Ms. Hayworth

Epilogue. Legends of the Boom: Latin American Publishing Revisited

Notes
Works Cited
Index

Sujets

• Spain
• Spain (groupe)
• Portugal

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791480540
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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The Censorship Files

SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian Thought and Culture Jorge J. E. Gracia and Rosemary Geisdorfer Feal, editors

The Censorship Files

Latin American Writers and Franco’s Spain

Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola

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Herrero-Olaizola, Alejandro. The censorship files : Latin American writers and Franco's Spain / Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola. p. cm. — (SUNY series in Latin American and Iberian thought and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0–7914–6985–9 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Spanish American fiction—20th century—Publishing—Spain. 2. Censorship—Spain—History—20th century. I. Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975. II.Title. III. Series.

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Preface

Contents

T HE C ENSORSHIP F ILES

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. P UBLISHING M ATTERS :The Boom and Its Players The New Rules of Censorship The New Seix Barral Bitching about the Boom

Chapter 2. T HE W RITER IN THE B ARRACKS :Mario Vargas Llosa Facing Censorship Facing the Censors, Facing the Market The Marketing of Military Literature

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Chapter 3. C UBAN N IGHTS F ALLING :The Revolutionary Silences of Guillermo Cabrera Infante71 The Cuban Connection: Spain and the “Infantes of the Revolution” 79 Silencing the Cuban Revolution: From “Vista del amanecer en el trópico” toTres tristes tigres89 Censorship Remains: A Revolutionary’s Career 103

Chapter 4. F ROM M EOTADESLQ Ú I V ERNET :How Gabriel García Márquez Escaped Spanish Censorship Wise and Unwise Catalans García Márquez and His “Familiar” Censors A Citizen Censor

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Chapter 5. B ETRAYED BY C ENSORSHIP :Manuel Puig Declassified Betrayed by the Marketplace Betrayed by Aunt Clara “Playing ‘Toro’” Betrayed by Ms. Hayworth

Epilogue. L EGENDS OF THE B OOM :Latin American Publishing Revisited

Notes

Works Cited

Index

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Fig. P.1: Censor’s report on Manuel Puig’s La traición de Rita Hayworth(1966) Fig. P.2: Censor’s report on José Lezama Lima’s Paradiso(1968) Fig. P.3: Censor’s report on Julio Cortázar’s Libro de Manuel(1973) Fig. P.4: Censor’s report on Carlos Fuentes’ La región más transparente(1973) Fig. 1.1: Book cover. Adriano González León’s País portátil. 1st ed. (Seix Barral, 1968) Fig. 1.2: Book cover. Nivaria Tejera’sSonámbulo del sol. 1st ed. (Seix Barral, 1972) Fig. 2.1: Book cover. Mario Vargas Llosa’sPantaleón y las visitadoras(censored cover; Seix Barral, 1973) Fig. 2.2: Book cover. Mario Vargas Llosa’sPantaleón y las visitadoras(replacement cover; Seix Barral, 1973) Fig. 2.3: Book cover. Mario Vargas Llosa’sLa ciudad y los perros. 4th ed. (Seix Barral, 1974) Fig. 3.1: Photographs: “Lo que la censura no ve.” Lunes de Revolución(February 20, 1961) Fig. 5.1: Book cover. Manuel Puig’sBoquitas pintadas. 2nd reprint (Seix Barral, 1976) Fig. 5.2: Book cover. Manuel Puig’sLa traición de Rita Hayworth. 1st ed. (Seix Barral, 1971) Fig. 5.3: Book cover. Manuel Puig’sLa traición de Rita Hayworth. 1st ed.Biblioteca Formentor(Seix Barral, 1982). [edición completa; uncensored version]

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