The Sleepless Rider - Translated by Anna-Marie Aldaz

As in the previous two volumes of his novelistic cycle, La guerra silenciosa , Manuel Scorza adds touches of humor and fantasy to his chronicle of peasant uprisings in the Andes. The present novel describes the last months in the life of Raymundo Herrera, and focuses on his attempt to rekindle the spirit of rebellion in his fellow Indians. Although he tells them he cannot close his eyes until they have succeeded in their struggle to regain possession of their lands, he dies without seeing his wish fulfilled. Herrera's mission is taken up by Agapito Robles, the protagonist of the next novel.

Info autore

The Translator: Anna-Marie Aldaz received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon and at present she is an associate professor of Spanish at Northern Arizona University in Yuma. Her academic honors include membership in Phi Beta Kappa and an award for outstanding teaching. She co-authored Poems, a booklength translation of Rosalía de Castro's poetry, and has published The Past of the Future: The Novelistic Cycle of Manuel Scorza (Peter Lang, 1990) and Garabombo, the Invisible (Peter Lang, 1994).

Relazione

"An interesting plot of human conflicts, remarkable stylistic abilities put to intelligent use, and a translation of high quality make this tale a very good introduction to the problems that the Andean people of Peru are facing today and will no doubt continue to face in the near future." (Evelio Echevarría, The International Fiction Review)

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anna-Marie Aldaz, Manuel Scorza, Scorza Manuel
• Con la collaborazione di: Anna M Aldaz (Traduzione), Anna M. Aldaz (Traduzione)
• Editore: Peter Lang
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9780820433752
• ISBN: 978-0-8204-3375-2
• Pagine: 172
• Peso: 710 g
• Serie: Wor(l)ds of Change: Latin American and Iberian Literature; Wor(L)Ds of Change: Latin American and Iberian Literature
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Saggi, articoli culturali, critica letteraria, interviste; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Teorie politiche e storia delle idee; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica romanza; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Society & culture: general, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese, Classical texts, Political science and theory, Society and culture: general, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General