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Title: Marayrasu
Author: Edgardo Rivera Martinez
ISBN: 9780810149434
Publisher: Curbstone Books 2
Published: 2025
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition Note: New from the publisher
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The first English-language collection of short stories by award-winning Peruvian author Edgardo Rivera MartínezThe 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 Martínez’s impressive stories, offering a unique lens into the region at the heart of this canonical author’s inimitable work.
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