Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa this week at the Americas Society. Another great writer from #Peru whose work you should get know, Lucía Charún-Illescas, and her magnificent novel, Malambo, historical fiction offering a profound meditation on the forces of history, a great story, cast of characters, exquisite prose, and a fine mystery as well. Miram DeCosta-Willis | PALARA This is an important novel because it is the first work of fiction by an Afro-Peruvian woman, and it is one of very few Afro-Hispanic novels that have been translated into English. . . . The English translation by Emmanuel Harris II does credit to Charun-Illescass text, for it is rendered in smooth, fluid prose. . . . An excellent translation, which captures the rhythm and flavor of an important work of art. For although it is a fictional account of Afro-Peruvian life in colonial Peru, Malambo calls into question hegemonic assumptions about Spanish American history by underscoring the role that African-descended people played in shaping that history. Leo J. Garofalo | Ethnohistory Charún-Illescas strives to give a “past” to a group traditionally oppressed, marginalized, and made invisible in the national literature and histories until recently. Malambo evokes a world of freedom and bondage in which the descendants of Peru’s African ancestors can recognize themselves. . . . The novel grapples with the difficult realities of concubinage and inter- and intraethnic tensions. Malambo’s characters seem to spring to life. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/M/bo3631337.html
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 17:55:34 +0000
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