| Garabombo, the Invisible: Translated by Anna-Marie Aldaz Contributor(s): Aldaz, Anna-Marie (Author) |
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ISBN: 082042157X ISBN-13: 9780820421575 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $64.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 1994 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - General - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 863 |
| LCCN: 93000386 |
| Series: American University Studies |
| Physical Information: 230 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is the second volume in Manuel Scorza's five-part novelistic cycle entitled "La guerra silenciosa (The Silent War)." In his saga, Scorza describes an Andean peasant uprising that he witnessed in the 1960's. Although many of the names, places, dates, and events are real, the author fictionalizes his testimonial by adding humor, myth, and fantasy. Garabombo, the novel's titular protagonist, is modeled on Fermin Espinoza, an Indian whom Scorza knew personally. Although the fictionalized portrait adheres rather closely to its model, Scorza endows the novelistic Garabombo with the attribute of a symbolic invisibility." |