When New Flowers Bloomed
Edited by Enrique Jaramillo LeviTranslated by Sylvia Eherlich Lipp
ISBN: 0-935480-47-1
Price: $15.00
Pages: 208
A representative segment of recent fiction from Central America, this anthology demonstrates the rich imagination of feminine fiction expressed in short stories by women authors, selected by the Panamanian writer Jaramillo Levi, and expertly translated.
"By including ten Costa Rican authors, Jaramillo Levi allows us to sample the writing of well-established figures other than the canonical Carmen Naranjo and Rimade Vallbona....Considering the quality and the background material, When New Flowers Bloomed is ideal as an initial approximation to the work of women writers from Costa Rica and Panama."
--World Literature Today
"...this collection also includes an excellent general bibliography on the literature of Costa Rica and Panama, as well as individual biographies on each author....These are...[with Scents of Wood and Silence] thoughtfully selected scholarly anthologies, and belong in all larger Latin American literature and women's literature collections."
--Library Journal
"[These] 31 stories are earthy and magical, revealing these two countries in a fresh, impassioned light."
--San Diego Union Tribune