Garabombo, the Invisible: Translated by Anna-Marie Aldaz (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820421575)

This book is the second volume in Manuel Scorza's five-part novelistic cycle entitled La guerra silenciosa (The Silent War). In his saga, Scorza describes an Andean peasant uprising that he witnessed in the 1960's. Although many of the names, places, dates, and events are real, the author fictionalizes his testimonial by adding humor, myth, and fantasy. Garabombo, the novel's titular protagonist, is modeled on Fermín Espinoza, an Indian whom Scorza knew personally. Although the fictionalized portrait adheres rather closely to its model, Scorza endows the novelistic Garabombo with the attribute of a symbolic invisibility.

Author: Anna-Marie Aldaz
ISBN-10: 082042157X
ISBN-13: 9780820421575
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Language: English
Published: 04/01/1994
Pages: 230
Format: Hardcover