Body of WritingBody of Writing focuses on the traces that an authors body leaves on a work of fiction. Drawing on the work of six important Spanish American writers of the twentieth century, Ren Prieto examines narratives that reflectin differing yet ultimately complementary waysthe imprint of the authors body, thereby disclosing insights about power, aggression, transgression, and eroticism. Healthy, invalid, lustful, and confined bodiesas portrayed by Julio