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Throughout five years, the young Peruvian journalist Miguel Gutiérrez Podestá traveled through the beautiful and wild territories of Ayacucho to rescue from within the traditions of its people and its towns. With the intense prose of a diligent observer who does not doubt, often forcing the language, these chronicles and photographs reveal a personal journey towards the land of the ancestors.
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Do you know what the true color of the puka is? Or what the giant Raimondi's puya, that some peasants believe to be carnivorous and that kills livestock at night, is actually called? Have you ever wondered what a terrorist imprisoned in a military barracks in the midst of the Vraem could say? And what other stories can a seasoned coca leaf stomper whisper from his retirement?
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Over the course of five years, a young journalist, armed only with a camera, a notebook, a pen, and the profound music of Víctor Jara, traversed the beautiful and rugged territories of Ayacucho to "rescue" the stories and traditions of its people and villages from within.
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With the intense prose of an acute observer who does not hesitate, often, to stretch the language to accurately reflect what he has seen, heard, and above all, felt, these chronicles and photographs reveal a personal journey to the land of ancestors that ultimately becomes a nuanced portrait of the wisdom of men and the beauty of never-destroyed dreams.
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ISBN: 978-612-46519-1-5
Publishing House: Ediciones del Rabodomante
Author: Gutiérrez Podestá, Miguel
Version: Printed
Format: Soft cover
Publication language : Spanish
Dimensions: 17 x 24,5 cm
No. of pages: 260
Year of edition: 2013