Garabombo, the Invisible: Translated by Anna-Marie Aldaz

By Manuel Scorza

Book Overview

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 Ferm n 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082042157X
• ISBN13: 9780820421575
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 230 Pages