Description
The first English-language collection of short stories by award-winning Peruvian author Edgardo Rivera MartInez
The stories in Marayrasu stage fantastical, mysterious encounters that belie the characters' often harsh economic and political realities as they seek belonging in modern Peru through art, music, and relationships. Depicted in poetic prose, these characters are loners, orphans, and outcasts experiencing quiet, tender encounters with other people and animals, the creative arts, and the land they find themselves depending on. Living vibrantly within these stories, the leviathan of Inca lore considers its own form, a young boy moves to a mining town and gets involved with a local union leader's fight for worker rights while feeling the powerful pull of a large mountain overlooking the town, and a Persian cat captures the attention of a family down on its luck. Amy Olen's translation smoothly captures Rivera MartInez's impressive stories, offering a unique lens into the region at the heart of this canonical author's inimitable work.
About the Author
Reviews
"Marayrasu is a much-needed translation of the literary work of one of the most important Peruvian writers of the twentieth century. This is a remarkable achievement and serves as a wonderful presentation of Rivera MartInez's oeuvre." -Javier Garcia Liendo, Washington University in St. Louis
Book Information
ISBN 9780810149434
Author Amy Therese Olen
Format Paperback
Page Count 300
Imprint Northwestern University Press
Publisher Northwestern University Press
The stories in Marayrasu stage fantastical, mysterious encounters that belie the characters' often harsh economic and political realities as they seek belonging in modern Peru through art, music, and relationships. Depicted in poetic prose, these characters are loners, orphans, and outcasts experiencing quiet, tender encounters with other people and animals, the creative arts, and the land they find themselves depending on. Living vibrantly within these stories, the leviathan of Inca lore considers its own form, a young boy moves to a mining town and gets involved with a local union leader's fight for worker rights while feeling the powerful pull of a large mountain overlooking the town, and a Persian cat captures the attention of a family down on its luck. Amy Olen's translation smoothly captures Rivera MartInez's impressive stories, offering a unique lens into the region at the heart of this canonical author's inimitable work.
About the Author
Edgardo Rivera Martinez (1933-2018) was a prolific Peruvian writer, critic, and translator who published novels, short stories, essays, travel chronicles, anthologies, poetry, and literary and cultural studies. His celebrated novel PaIs de Jauja (Jauja Country, 1993) was a finalist for the ROmulo Gallegos Literary Prize.
Amy Olen is an associate professor in the Translation and Interpreting Studies program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Reviews
"Marayrasu is a much-needed translation of the literary work of one of the most important Peruvian writers of the twentieth century. This is a remarkable achievement and serves as a wonderful presentation of Rivera MartInez's oeuvre." -Javier Garcia Liendo, Washington University in St. Louis
Book Information
ISBN 9780810149434
Author Amy Therese Olen
Format Paperback
Page Count 300
Imprint Northwestern University Press
Publisher Northwestern University Press
