| Voices from the Silence: Guatemalan Literature of Resistance Contributor(s): Zimmerman, Marc (Author), Rojas, Raul (Contribution by), Zimmerman, Marc (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0896801985 ISBN-13: 9780896801981 Publisher: Ohio University Press OUR PRICE: $42.52 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1998 Annotation: The conquest, colonization, independence, the liberal reforms, the regimes, revolution, and dictatorships, the insurrections and ongoing peace dialogues -- all are combined in a narrative projecting the most important forces in Guatemalan history from the Mayan period to our own times. Using excerpts from poems, novels, stories, essays, and interviews by writers ranging from Cardoza y Aragon and Nobel Prize winner Miguel Angel Asturias to the indigenous and testimonial voices of Rigoberta Menchu and Mario Payeras, this full sampling of a country's literature is, in truth, a documentary of realism and magic. Voices from the Silence bears witness to a nation's long journey toward some idea community for which so many have fought and died. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Caribbean & Latin American - Literary Criticism | European - Spanish & Portuguese |
| Dewey: 860.809 |
| LCCN: 98006032 |
| Series: Monographs in International Studies. Latin American Series |
| Physical Information: 1.33" H x 5.55" W x 8.47" (1.30 lbs) 562 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Developing World - Cultural Region - Latin America - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The conquest, colonization, independence, the liberal reforms, the regimes, revolution, and dictatorships, the insurrections and ongoing peace dialogues all are combined in a narrative projecting the most important forces in Guatemalan history from the Mayan period to our own times. Using excerpts from poems, novels, stories, essays, and interviews by writers ranging from Cardoza y Aragon and Nobel Prize winner Miguel Angel Asturias to the indigenous and testimonial voices of Rigoberta Menchu and Mario Payeras, this full sampling of a country's literature is, in truth, a documentary of realism and magic. Voices from the Silence bears witness to a nation's long journey toward some ideal community for which so many have fought and died. |