{"product_id":"peruvian-traditions-paperback","title":"Peruvian Traditions - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRicardo Palma\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Conway\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHelen Lane\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeruvian author Ricardo Palma (1838-1919) was one of the most popular and imitated writers in Latin America during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As head of the National Library in Lima, Palma had access to a rich source of historical books and manuscripts. His historical miscellanies, which he called \"traditions,\" are witty anecdotes about conquerors, viceroys, corrupt and lovelorn friars, tragic loves and notorious characters. Humor, irony and word play characterize his collection of over five hundred traditions written between 1872 and 1906, whether describing violent deeds or amorous misadventures. Unlike many of his contemporaries in the second half of the nineteenth century, Palma did not write transparent didactic fictions and defend elite cultural forms. Rather, he reveled in ironic approaches to written sources, political authorities and church institutions as well as popular speech and knowledge. Both fiction and history, Palma's delightful \u003cem\u003ePeruvian Traditions\u003c\/em\u003e represents a hybrid literary form that constructs historical memory distinct from the dominant literary trends of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Conway\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Latin American Literature in the Department of Hispanic Studies at Brown University. \u003cstrong\u003eHelen Lane\u003c\/strong\u003e, an award-winning translator, has translated the work of Mario Varga Llosa and Octavio Paz. She is the translator of Fray Servando's \u003cem\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/em\u003e and Marmol's \u003cem\u003eAmalia\u003c\/em\u003e also for the Library of Latin America series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.44 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51778933227808,"sku":"9780195159097","price":51.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c57ec567a026993c078ee4ac193f4306.webp?v=1780509198","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/peruvian-traditions-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}