4, Lima, April 1948, pp. 53–59), took shape as the second chapter of the novel under the title 'Los Viajes'. A text of Arguedas which was published in 1948 in the form of autobiography (Las Moradas, vol. This Ernesto is unmistakably the same as the Deep Rivers character. The genesis of the novel was the story 'Warma kuyay" (part of the collection of short stories entitled 'Water', published in 1935), one of whose characters is the child Ernesto. Moreover, with the publication of Deep Rivers, the growing reception to Arguedas' work began, both in Peru and throughout the continent. Valcárcel, organized the Culture Museum, an institution that contributed decisively to indigenous studies. The book appeared when Indigenismo was in full swing in Peru. The last years of the 1950s were very fertile for Arguedas' literary production. It also relates to the solid and ancestral roots of Andean culture, which, according to Arguedas, are the true national identity of Peru. The title of the work ('Uku Mayu' in Quechua) alludes to the depth of the Andean rivers, which rise in the top of the Andes. Most critics agree that this novel is one of Arguedas' masterpieces. Īccording to critics, this novel marked the beginning of the current neo-indigenista movement, which presented, for the first time, a reading of indigenous issues from a closer perspective. Since then, critical interest in the work of Arguedas has grown, and the book has been translated into several languages. It was published by Losada in Buenos Aires in 1958, received the Peruvian National Culture Award (Premio Nacional de Cultura) in 1959, and was a finalist in the William Faulkner Foundation Ibo-American award (1963). She was able to capture the sensitivity of the characters, the weight of the past, the lightness of the future, and the strength of remembering.Deep Rivers ( Spanish: Los ríos profundos) is the third novel by Peruvian writer José María Arguedas.
The emotions that Rivers conveyed in her writing was astounding. I could picture this underwater society with such clarity. What was really great about this book was the vivid imagery. Review: I found out after reading this book, and after doing a little more research for this review, that this book was inspired by a song written by Daveed Diggs and his band, Clipped. If they are all to survive, they’ll need to reclaim the memories, reclaim their identity-and own who they really are. Yetu will learn more than she ever expected to about her own past-and about the future of her people. And so, she flees to the surface, escaping the memories, the expectations, and the responsibilities-and discovers a world her people left behind long ago. Yetu remembers for everyone, and the memories, painful and wonderful, traumatic and terrible and miraculous, are destroying her.
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