Requiem for a Lightning Bolt
Author:
Manuel Scorza, Anna-Marie Aldaz (trs.)
ISBN:
9780820450155
Binding:
Hardcover
Year:
2000
Pages:
208
Size:
16 x 24 cm
Weight:
440 grams
Price:
INR
1770.00
The five novels of Manuel Scorza's La guerra silenciosa are self-contained, yet reading them in the order of their appearance enhances an appreciation of the saga's underlying thematic development. In this final volume, the Indian struggle, which began in the first book as a single-handed revolt against the despotism of Judge Montenegro, has evolved into a fully organized insurrection against the oppression by ruthless landowners and the powerful mining company of Cerro de Pasco. This novel also depicts the culmination of the gradual shift in the Indians' psyche from a mythical interpretation of events to a more realistic worldview.
Molly A. Daniels
Molly A. Daniels is the founder-director of a school of writing that has produced over fifteen hundred writers in the Chicago area. She holds a doctorate from the University of Chicago, and is the author of a novel, two novellas, short stories, a book of criticism, and a manual for writers, containing four hundred exercises and lessons. She edits The Clothesline Review, and Father Gander Rhymes and Other Poems. She won the Illinois Arts Council Award for Best Criticism, and Best Fiction.