{"product_id":"9780809306534-huasipungo","title":"Huasipungo","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Villagers: a Novel\u003cbr\u003eTells the story of the ruthless exploitation and extermination of an Indian village of Ecuador by its greedy landlord. First published in 1934, it is here available for the first time in an authorized English translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Villagers\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of the ruthless exploitation and extermination of an Indian village of Ecuador by its greedy landlord. First published in 1934, it is here available for the first time in an authorized English translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA realistic tale in the best tradition of the novels of social protest of Zola, Dosto­evsky, José Eustasio Rivera, and the Mexican novels of the Revolution, \u003ci\u003eThe Villagers\u003c\/i\u003e (Huasipungo) shocked and horrified its readers, and brought its author mingled censure and acclaim, when it was first published in 1934.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply moving in the dramatic intensity of its relentless evolution and stark human suffering, Icaza’ s novel has been translated into eleven foreign languages, including Russian and Chinese, and has gone through numerous editions in Spanish, including a revised and enlarged edition in 1953, on which this translation is based, but it has never before been authorized for translation into English. His first novel, but not his first published work, \u003ci\u003eThe Villagers\u003c\/i\u003e is still considered by most critics as Icaza’ s best, and it is widely acclaimed as one of the most significant works in contemporary Latin American literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThirty years after its original publication in Ecuador, \u003ci\u003eThe Villagers\u003c\/i\u003e still carries a powerful message for the contemporary world and an urgent warning. The conditions here portrayed prevail in these areas, even today. \u003ci\u003eThe Villagers\u003c\/i\u003e is an indictment of the latifundista system and a caustic picture of the native worker who, with little expectation from life, finds himself a victim of an antiquated feudal system aided and abetted by a grasping clergy and an indifferent govern­ment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55262514217334,"sku":"9780809306534","price":20.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38149805_d74985da-87a0-4c19-b28f-cc69f917c428.jpg?v=1763752931","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780809306534-huasipungo","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}