Synopsis
José María Arguedas is one of the few Latin American authors who loved and described his natural surroundings, and he ranks among the greatest writers of any time and place. He saw the beauty of the Peruvian landscape, as well as the grimness of social conditions in the Andes, through the eyes of the Indians who are a part of it. Ernesto, the narrator of Deep Rivers, is a child with origins in two worlds. The son of a wandering country lawyer, he is brought up by Indian servants until he enters a Catholic boarding school at age 14. In this urban Spanish environment he is a misfit and a loner. The conflict of the Indian and the Spanish cultures is acted out within him as it was in the life of Arguedas. For the boy Ernesto, salvation is his world of dreams and memories. While Arguedas' poetry was published in Quechua, he invented a language for his novels in which he used native syntax with Spanish vocabulary. This makes translation into other languages extremely difficult, and Frances Horning Barraclough has done a masterful job, winning the 1978 Translation Center Award from Columbia University for her efforts.
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Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Arguedas, Yawar Fiesta (ISBN 9781577662457); Asturias, The President (ISBN 9780881339512); Azuela, Los de Abajo: Novela de la Revolucion Mexicana (ISBN 9780881336627); and Azuela, The Underdogs (ISBN 9781577662419).
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Text: English, Spanish (translation)
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DEEP RIVERS
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University of Texas Press, Austin and London, 1978
ISBN 10: 0292715161
ISBN 13: 9780292715165
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Hardcover. First Thus Edition. Octavo, xv, 248 pages. In Good condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine pictorial ivory, blue and purple with black lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including mild age toning, few instances of chips to the head/tail edges, some scuffs and light soiling. Boards have very slight wear including mild sunning to the spine. Cocking to the spine. Text block has slight wear including slight age toning to the edges. First thus edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column U, ND-U. 1400928. FP New Rockville Stock. Seller Inventory # 1400928