Love and politics in the contemporary Spanish American novel

Introduction : from testimonial narrative to the new sentimental novel : Barnet and Poniatowska

Patriotic passion : Isabel Allende's Of love and shadows

Love or friendship? : Tarzan's tonsillitis by Alfredo Bryce Echenique

Journey back to the source of love : García Márquez's Of love and other demons

Recipes for romance : Laura Esquivel, Luis Sepúlveda, and Marcela Serrano

The importance of being sentimental : Antonio Skármeta's Love-fifteen and Luis Rafael Sánchez's La importancia de llamarse Daniel Santos.