Name: Yawar Fiesta (in English)
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Author: Jose Maria Arguedas
ISBN: 9781577662457

Type

Physical Book

Author

José María Arguedas

Publisher

Waveland Pr Inc

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22 x 15 cm

Weight

ISBN

9781577662457

ISBN13

9781577662457

Synopsis "Yawar Fiesta (in English)"

Yawar Fiesta describes the social relations between Indians, mestizos, and whites in the Peruvian highland town of Puquio in the early twentieth century. Each group's reaction to the national government's attempt to suppress the traditional Indian-style bullfight reflects their attitude toward social change more generally. Included with the text of the novel is Arguedas' anthropological essay "Puquio: A Culture in the Process of Change," written eighteen years after Yawar Fiesta. The article emphasizes the social changes in the village that resulted from the road construction described in the novel. Jos Mar¡a 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. While Arguedas' poetry was published in Quechua, he invented a language for his novels in which he used native syntax with Spanish vocabulary, making translation into other languages extremely difficult. Frances Horning Barraclough has met the challenge and produced an excellent work that remains faithful to the author's use of language to reflect the lived experience of Peruvian Indians.

José María Arguedas

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José María Arguedas (Andahuaylas, 18 de enero de 1911-Lima, 2 de diciembre de 1969) fue un escritor, poeta, profesor y antropólogo peruano. Fue autor de novelas y cuentos que lo han llevado a ser considerado como uno de los grandes representantes de la literatura del Perú. El crítico Martin Seymour-Smith considera a Arguedas "el más grande novelista de nuestro tiempo", quien escribió "algunas de las prosas más poderosas que el mundo haya conocido".

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