Sendero Gringo

Author : James Lannan
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781469133836

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Sendero Gringo by James Lannan Pdf

At the turn of the twenty-first century, several preoccupied travelers wander the gringo trail in South America. Among them, Albert, a retired U.S. postal worker, has come to the southern continent to “live in the moment.” Ten months into his journey, however, after experiencing epiphany on Salar de Uyuni, the power of love in the Rurrenabaque rain forest, and unbounded farce during the offseason at a beach town in Peru, the weary pilgrim can’t keep his eyes off his watch. Among them, Reynaldo, a Spanish teacher on sabbatical, aspires to reconstitute his life following divorce. He has already blown a chance for renewal with a cellist he met during Holy Week in Santa Cruz and driven off a poet who attempted to seduce him the night he met Albert. After breaking up a fist fight in Vilcabamba, Equador, Reynaldo hides out in his room at a hostel and wonders whether deliverance from his neurotic obsession will ever transpire. Among them, Marci, wife of an incorrigible philanderer, hopes that holiday in rough country with her husband will save their marriage. When Jerry ditches her at the start of a hike on Huayna Picchu, a Chicano boy named Simon volunteers to lead her up the peak and then plunges to his death at the top of their climb. Back in Cuzco, she learns that her spouse has betrayed her yet again. Among them, Simon, who was cheated out of a field trip to Peru in high school, has vowed, during a stay at a treatment center, to make the journey on his own. Due to his shaky grasp of geography, he begins his southern trek in Chile. In Tupiza, Bolivia, he befriends an addled Vietnam Veteran and, during an altercation between the two, shoves the ex-marine off a cliff. Sendero Gringo is a collection of travelogues that begins at the end of one road and ends at the beginning of another. No one path guides its reader but another and another wind ahead and back instead.

Author : Ariel Dorfman
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015041167860

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The Last Song of Manuel Sendero by Ariel Dorfman Pdf

Denying the future until government leaders end repression, revolutionary fetuses refusing to be born begin to argue amongst themselves and one by one choose to be born until only the son of Manuel Sendero is left.

Author : René De La Pedraja
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786470167

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Wars of Latin America, 1982-2013 by René De La Pedraja Pdf

This book, continuing the narrative begun by the author in two preceding volumes, provides a clear description of military combat occurring in Latin America for the years from 1982 into mid-2013. Although the text concentrates on combat operations, matters of politics, business and international relations appear as necessary to understand the wars. The author has uncovered many previously unknown sources to provide new information never published before. The book traces the many insurgencies in Latin America as well as conventional wars. Among the highlights are the chapters on the Falklands War and the U.S. invasions of Grenada and Panama. One useful aspect of the text is an explanation of why, of the many insurgencies appearing in Latin America, only those in Cuba and Nicaragua were successful in overthrowing governments. The book also helps explain why even unsuccessful insurgencies have survived for decades, as has happened in Colombia and Peru. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Sophia A. McClennen
Publisher : Purdue University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 1557533156

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The Dialectics of Exile by Sophia A. McClennen Pdf

The history of exile literature is as old as the history of writing itself. Despite this vast and varied literary tradition, criticism of exile writing has tended to analyze these works according to a binary logic, where exile either produces creative freedom or it traps the writer in restrictive nostalgia. The Dialectics of Exile: Nation, Time, Language and Space in Hispanic Literatures offers a theory of exile writing that accounts for the persistence of these dual impulses and for the ways that they often co-exist within the same literary works. Focusing on writers working in the latter part of the twentieth century who were exiled during a historical moment of increasing globalization, transnational economics, and the theoretical shifts of postmodernism, Sophia A. McClennen proposes that exile literature is best understood as a series of dialectic tensions about cultural identity. Through comparative analysis of Juan Goytisolo (Spain), Ariel Dorfman (Chile) and Cristina Peri Rossi (Uruguay), this book explores how these writers represent exile identity. Each chapter addresses dilemmas central to debates over cultural identity such as nationalism versus globalization, time as historical or cyclical, language as representationally accurate or disconnected from reality, and social space as utopic or dystopic. McClennen demonstrates how the complex writing of these three authors functions as an alternative discourse of cultural identity that not only challenges official versions imposed by authoritarian regimes, but also tests the limits of much cultural criticism.

Author : Philip Mauceri
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429976803

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State Under Siege by Philip Mauceri Pdf

Using a framework that highlights how societal and international factors have shaped state capacities, Philip Mauceri examines Perus volatile politics in the countrys move from a developmentalist state to neoliberalism. He explores the challenges to state authority during the military regimes reformist experiment, arguing that they were intensified in the 1980s by poor planning and limited policy choices. He then examines how social and international conditions have influenced the Fujimori regimes attempt to retool the state along neoliberal lines. }Using a framework that highlights how societal and international factors have shaped state capacities, Philip Mauceri examines the volatile politics in Peru from the Velasco through the Fujimori regimes as the country has moved from a developmentalist state to neoliberalism.Dr. Mauceri begins by reassessing the reformist experiment of the Peruvian military regime (19681980), arguing that it led to the development of unexpected challenges to state authority, both from new social actors and international financial organizations. During the 1980s, these challenges intensified, made even worse by poor planning and limited policy choices. The author then argues that the attempt by the Fujimori regime, backed by a neoliberal coalition, to retool the state indicates the degree to which state capacities are determined by social and international conditions. Mauceri also gives special attention to the relation between changing state power and social control. Separate chapters on the evolution of a Lima shantytown and the Shining Path examine how changes in state-society relations have had impacts at the grassroots level.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Copán Site (Honduras)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133366646

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Moon Handbooks by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rolf Margenau
Publisher : Rolf Margenau
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780988231146

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High Andes by Rolf Margenau Pdf

Wylie Cypher, a corporate attorney, has a dying marriage, a midlife crisis, and is disillusioned with his work. Trying to regain fading youth, he plans a trekking vacation with his daughter, Mercy, across the White Mountains of Peru. When he arrives in Lima a young law student mistakenly believes Wylie is an agent of the US government and gives him a travel guide concealing documents that show how the government is torturing and murdering dissidents. Wylie decides to deliver those documents to US authorities, which will affect the outcome of the civil war raging in Peru at the time. Peruvian government thugs and agents of the Shining Path communist guerrilla movement are quickly on Wylie's trail, both eager to kill Wylie and his entire trekking party. Wylie, his daughter, a local guide, and his friend, an archeologist (who is more than he seems), and porters set out using various ruses to throw their pursuers off track. Wylie narrowly escapes from the local police after being tortured and losing a toe. But can they cross the foreboding eighteen thousand foot high pass and make it to Cajamarca in time to take the only safe flight home and deliver the documents?

Author : Michael Ferguson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015063192333

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Evangelical Religion and Social Instability in Southern Highland Peru by Michael Ferguson Pdf

Author : James Lewellyn Allhands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Brazoria (Tex.)
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173000456030

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Gringo Builders by James Lewellyn Allhands Pdf

Author : Glenn Garvin
Publisher : Potomac Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015029862862

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Everybody Had His Own Gringo by Glenn Garvin Pdf

Garvin, who covered the war in Nicaragua for the Washington times from 1983-1989, presents a partisan but not uncritical account of the contras: who they were, why they fought, how their US allies helped and hindered them. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Elizabeth Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1991-06
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 096270802X

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Spanish Lingo for the Savvy Gringo by Elizabeth Reid Pdf

This is a do-it-yourself guide to learning Spanish & getting along in Latin America. It has self-taught vocabulary with the pronunciation after each new word. There are chapters dealing with such practical situations as driving, talking to the cleaning lady, getting your house repaired, & much more. It includes insight into Latin American culture & Hispanic customs & courtesy. There are appendices on Mexican music, Latin American holidays, the Charreada (Mexican rodeo), & tips on shopping. The beginner will pick up the basics of Spanish, yet there are new words for the more advanced student. This is also an excellent review. Written with enough humor to keep your interest, this is not a boring text book. It will de-mystify your contacts with Spanish-speaking people, make trips to Latin America more fun, fine-tune your use of the language & increase your vocabulary. As each chapter is centered around the Spanish having to do with a specific topic, you can focus your learning to exactly what you need. Whether a beginner or advanced, this book will improve your Spanish while it entertains you.

Author : Ivor Thord-Gray
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781839740565

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Gringo Rebel by Ivor Thord-Gray Pdf

Gringo Rebel, first published in 1960, is the account of Swedish-born adventurer Ivor Thord-Gray of his time in 1913-1914 in revolutionary Mexico. Thord-Gray first served as an artillery officer in Francisco 'Pancho' Villa’s forces, and later served as a cavalry officer in Carranza’s army under Obregón. He formed close bonds with his Yaqui and Tarahumara scouts, and later prepared a Tarahumara-English Dictionary, and other books about Mexican archaeology. Gringo Rebel offers a first-hand look at the poorly understood conflict in Mexico between the wealthy ruling class and the large majority of land-less peasants living in slave-like conditions, as well as insights into rebel leaders such as Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata (leader of the 'Zapatistas'). Seventeen pages of illustrations are included in this new edition.

Author : Henry May
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781410773678

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Return to the Corner of the Dead by Henry May Pdf

This is a story of love and action drawn on a backdrop of revolutionary violence. The novel is set in Peru in 1993 when the country is recovering from a long, brutal, still simmering civil war. The protagonist, Jim Hiram, has returned to Peru at the request of an old friend, a collector of pre-Columbian antiquities, who has a job for him locating a special artifact. Jim had worked as a financial planner in Lima until 1985 when he left after the Sendero Luminoso guerrilla movement brought the war to the capital from its sierra stronghold of Ayacucho, the Corner of The Dead. He expects his return to be a short-term venture, but he is drawn into a spiraling series of complications and intrigues. He is also drawn into love. Against the dark wine red canvas, the somber shade of dried blood, is set the bright fuchsia of renewing love. Through the maze of a society reeling on the edge of disintegration, Jim makes his way by his wit and his words. As another character observes, he is a smooth liar, but there are no lies when it comes to love and its regenerative power for him.

Author : Francisco Nieto Jr.
Publisher : Book Venture Publishing LLC
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781946955388

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Hey Gringo! Come Here! by Francisco Nieto Jr. Pdf

This book is a tribute to our grandfather, Jose Nieto Houston, and great grandfather, Ramon Cordova. Both of whom fought so valiantly in the Mexican Revolution for a better Mexico. This biography of Jose A. Nieto Houston is for all who are interested in the story of one man thrust into a revolution to fight for the survival of his life. Jose A. Nieto Houston wrote his story for anyone who is interested. The history of the Mexican Revolution is enormous, with lots of material to fill lots of books. These stories can be talked about for quite some time or even written about, its history on various topics, themes, or subject matter. However, there are various opinions on the causes of the Mexican Revolution. Each history in its own version as adapted to each own way of thinking. Villa would affectionately say, “Hey, Gringo, come here, I have a job for you.” That’s how Gen. Francisco (Pancho) Villa addressed his trusted confidant and aide, Colonel Jose Nieto.

Author : Robert Hodum
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1469771691

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Conversations on La Playa by Robert Hodum Pdf

As a young American university exchange student in the early 1970s, author Robert Hodum found himself in the exotic and mystifying South American country of Colombia. The time he spent there left an indelible imprint upon his life and led him to a career in Latin American history. Journey back to a country torn by poverty and civil unrest, and travel through some of Colombias most perilous and magical settings in conversations on La Playa. With candor and a good dose of humor, Hodum recreates all the sights, smells, and sounds of Colombia. He recounts the subterranean, dangerous world of the city of Medelln, its mist-enshrouded Cordillera neighborhoods, and the haunting characters of its urban landscape. In addition to his personal journey, Hodum includes an extensive glossary of important people, places, and things as well as cultural and historical information that are indispensable for any traveler to the country. He also gives a complete listing of survival vocabulary and expressions in Spanish that off er a deeper appreciation of Colombia, its people, and their language. Travel through Cordillera mountain ranges, mysterious jungles and deserts, and endure the travails of life on the road through one of South Americas most exciting countries with Conversations on La Playa.