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*El hablador* follows university student Saúl Zuratas, who abandons his life in Peru’s cities to become a storyteller for the Machiguenga Indians. He learns the tribe’s oral traditions and observes how missionaries and scholars threaten their way of life. The novel contrasts the modern, industrial world with the Machiguenga’s close relationship to nature and the supernatural, questioning the idea that indigenous cultures are static or unchanging.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Mario Vargas Llosa
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