The Labyrinth of Love

This book studies the various narrative shades of love in twentieth century Latin American fiction. It examines writings by Isabel Allende, Roberto Arlt, García Márquez, and Mario Vargas Llosa.

Alberto Castelli is a writer and a humanities professor at Hainan University, China. Chiefly, he is engaged with Modernism, Postmodern dynamics, and Cross-Cultural Studies. He is the author of "Perspectives on Asia: is China kitsch?" (Cambridge University Press, 2021) and "Bipolarism in the Nineteenth Century Novel" (University of Toronto Quarterly, 2023). Most recently Castelli's publications include Eros and Thanatos. Love Across Civilizations (Vernon Press, 2023) and Love, Beauty or Morality (Springer, 2024).

1: A Violent Romance 2: The Body in Pain Isabel Allende's Tale of Love 3: Shades of Love in El Amor en los Tiempos del Cholera 4: The Underground Man in El Amor Brujo 5: Travesuras de una niña mala: The Temptation of the Impossible