The Likeness

The Author: Born in Vigo, Spain, María-Xosé Queizán teaches Galician Language and Literature in Vigo's Santa Irene Institute. She has written several novels and a theater play, Antígona or the Force of Blood (1989). She is an essayist and newspaper columnist, particularly on feminist issues, as well as a literary critic in her book, The New Narrative or the Struggle against Sentimentalism. Her first book of poems, Metaphor's Metaphor (1991) has achieved great critical and popular success. The Translator: A native of Vigo, Spain, Ana M. Spitzmesser is Associate Professor of Spanish at Niagara University, New York. Her field of interest also includes Galician literature and culture. Dr. Spitzmesser is a regular contributor to scholarly literary journals in the United States, Spain, and Australia. She has published two books, Alvaro Cunqueiro, la fabulación del franquismo and Narrativa posmoderna española: cronica de un desengaño. She is currently working on her third book, a critical study on the work of Galician writer Carlos Casares.