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Torn from the Nest - Matto De Turner, Clorinda, and Polt, John, and Cornejo Polar, Antonio (Editor)
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Clorinda Matto de Turner was one of the major literary figures of nineteenth-century Peru. Her first novel, Aves Sin Nido (Torn from the Nest) was a landmark work in the indigenismo genre which depicts the lives of contemporary Indians in the rural setting. The novel's initial success was due to its explicit and critical treatment of the problems of the indigenous population of Peru and because of its attack on the immorality of the priesthood. The plot involves a young couple who arrive in the Peruvian province where the ...

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Torn from the Nest 1999, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780195110067

Trade paperback

Torn from the Nest 1998, Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, England

ISBN-13: 9780195110050

Hardcover