Explores how different types of silences affect narrative communication and the reader and examines the distinctive ways that Gaite's novels create interlocution and communicate feminist messages. Garcia (Spanish, Indiana U. Northwest) relates these silences to historical and social conditions in Spain (especially the patriarchal oppression of Spanish women in the Postwar era) and to various literary periods and genres. The text focuses on three novels: Entre Visillos, (1957); El Cuarto de Atrs , (1978); and Nubosidad Variable, (1992). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
