Deep Rivers (without dut jacket)

The Story

osé 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.

A hardcover edition from 1978 of Deep Rivers (without dut jacket) by Jose Maria Arguedas. It runs to 272 pages, in very good condition. We hold one copy, so once it is gone it is gone. Shelved under Art, Photography & Music. Wrapped with care for collectors and shipped from Kuwait.