In search of the sacred book: religion and the contemporary Latin American novel

Introduction. A literary trinity : the novel, the sacred, and the nation

Prophetic discourse in the naturalist novel : Frederico Gamboa and Manuel Zeno Gandía

The other theologian : Jorge Luis Borges and "the death of the novel"

Tales from eternity : María Luisa Bombal, Alejo Carpentier, Juan Rulfo

In search of the sacred book : Julio Cortázar, Gabriel García Márquez, José Lezama Lima

Desacralizations : Elena Poniatowska, Fernando Vallejo, Roberto Bolaño.