Elegantly written, with a series of striking analyses, Forms of Dictatorship draws together Latin American critical history of the dictatorship novel and US Latino/a novels about authoritarian regimes. Vargas' attention to formal innovation, combined with her breadth of knowledge of the literature of the Américas, makes Forms of Dictatorship a crucial contribution to the study of contemporary literature.
Jennifer Harford Vargas is an Associate Professor of English at Bryn Mawr College.