China and the American Indies: A sixteenth‐century “history"∗

China in ArgentineExotismo: Contemporary Inventions of the Orient

“…In the novel the description of landscape shifts between the real setting and the painted one. From the simple statement that describes Chinese art*'nuestro arte siempre ha sido pródigo en la pintura de paisajes' 27 *the border between the painted and the real landscapes begins to collapse: the Long March is described as 'un recorrido por entre la selva de paisajes pintados que caían del cielo' (13), and the role of the landscape painter is to raise 'lo real a lo imaginario que lo volvía real, o al menos possible' (14). Even the 'real' setting of the novel evolves into landscape art.…”