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Torn from the Nest

Torn from the Nest Paperback - 1999

by Clorinda Matto de Turner

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; A young couple arrive in a Peruvian province where the Indians are exploited by landowners and public officials and the women are especially abused by local priests. The idealistic couple attempt the difficult task of improving the live
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  • Title Torn from the Nest
  • Author Clorinda Matto de Turner
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition New
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999-04-29
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # ria9780195110067_pod
  • ISBN 9780195110067 / 0195110064
  • Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.28 x 5.53 x 0.71 in (21.03 x 14.05 x 1.80 cm)
  • Reading level 1220
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
    • Ethnic Orientation: Latino
  • Library of Congress subjects Love stories, Political fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97040726
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Clorinda Matto de Turner was a major literary figure in 19th century Peru. She was a pioneer of indigenist literature, and was a crucial Peruvian writer in the shift from Romanticism to Naturalism. The late Antonio Cornejo-Polar was Professor of Spanish at The University of California, Berkeley. John Polt, Professor Emeritus of Spanish at the University of California, Berkeley, has translated several Spanish and Spanish American authors.