Lima: Editorial Eureka, El Portal Celeste, 2016. First Edition. Paperback. 610p., wrps. In "Sangre de patriota", the Chilean Army has occupied the capital of Peru after winning the war. However, a series of murders of Chilean soldiers have made the military commanders uneasy. In the occupied city, stories unfold: A.... More about Sangre de patriota
Lima: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 363p., wrps. This set of essays, edited by Carlos Aguirre and Ricardo D. Salvatore, aims to shed new light on the history of libraries in Latin America - private, religious, public, national libraries - and, in particular, on their role..... More about Bibliotecas y cultura letrada en América Latina. Siglos XIX y XX
Lima: Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos, Instituto Riva-Agüero, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, (Travaux de l’Institut Français d’Études Andines; 238), 2007. first edition. Paperback. 345p., abbr., glossary, biblio., notes, b&w, color facsim. [History. During the colonial period, indigenous education was considered key to conversion and to maintaining order, so two colleges..... More about La educación de las elites indígenas en el Perú colonial
Lima: Oxfam, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 196p., maps, tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "Riqueza y desigualdad en el Perú" is a comprehensive, quantitative study on the economics of inequality and poverty in Peru. Contents include: "Problemas metodológicos con la riqueza y altos ingresos a partir de la ENAHO", "Generación de ganancias..... More about Riqueza y desigualdad en el Perú. Visión panorámica
Lima: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Alfaguara, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 173p., photos, wrps. "Todos los hijos" is a collection of two dramas by Mariana de Althaus: "Criadero" and "Padre nuestro". These works explore the precarious bonds of motherhood and fatherhood, and the hidden forces that shape our family dynamics... More about Todos los hijos
Spain: Iberoamericana, Vervuert (Biblioteca Indiana, 47), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 237p., bibl., wrps. "El Símbolo católico indiano" is a study on the work "Symbolo Catholico Indiano", by Franciscan Creole Luis Jerónimo de Oré (Huamanga, 1554 -- La Concepción, 1630), exploring how the text fostered the expansion of Catholicism in the..... More about El Símbolo católico indiano (1598) de Luis Jerónimo de Oré : Saberes coloniales y los...
Lima: Univ. Católica, 2004. first edition. Paperback. 230p., black and white illustrations, notes. The book presents fourteen works that focus both on the pastoral practice of the Church and on the representations and images of Catholicism, through American colonial and republican history. More about Angeli Novi; Prácticas evangelizadoras, representaciones artísticas y construcciones del...
Lima: Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos, Centro de Estudios Regionales Andinos Bartolomé de las Casas, Mondes Américains Sociétes, Centre d'Antropologie Sociale (Actes&Memoires 26), 2009. First Edition. Paperback. 292p., bibl., wrps. "El regreso de lo indígena" is a collection of essays on indigenous issues in Peru, particularly examining topics related to..... More about El regreso de lo indígena; retos, problemas y perspectivas
Barcelona: Editorial Anagrama, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. 210p., wrps. More about Aquí no hay poesía
Lima: Academia Peruana de la Lengua, (Folio de Investigación ; 1), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 185p., bibl., wrps. "Naturaleza de la prosa de José María Eguren" provides literary analysis of Peruvian writer josé María Eguren Rodríguez' prose. Eguren was known for his poetic symbolism, exoticism, and teh adoption of free..... More about Naturaleza de la prosa de José María Eguren
Madrid: Alianza Editorial, (Literaria), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 323p., wrps. "El asesinato de Laura Olivo" is a novel authored by Peruvian writer Jorge Eduardo Benavides which received the XIX Premio Unicaja de Novela Fernando Quiñones. Other publications by Jorge Eduardo Benavides include "La noche de Morgana", "Los años inútiles", "Un..... More about El asesinato de Laura Olivo
Lima: Paracaídas Soluciones Editorales, Ediciones Catavento, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 87p., photos, wrps. "Lejos del día" is a collection of poetry by Juan José Beteta based on two pillars: the dynamics of words in movement, and a conception of love that supposes an understanding of subjectivity before the other. Beteta..... More about Lejos del día
Lima: Fondo Editorial del Congreso del Perú, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 347p., facsimiles, wrps. "El Peru y la guerra civil Española" is a study on the representation of the Spanish Civil War in the Peruvian media from 1936 to 1939, examining how the information caused dramatic polarization in the country... More about El Peru y la guerra civil Española. 1936-1939. La visión de la prensa peruana
Lima: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 123p., illus., facsimiles, wrps. "Diccionario etnográfico de la costa y sierra norte del Perú" presents a collection of files by German anthropologist and ethnologist Hans Heinrich Brüning. The collection is partially ordered, each of which consigns the entry of..... More about Diccionario etnográfico de la costa y sierra norte del Perú
Lima: IEP Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, Asociación Servicios Educativos Rurales, (Serie Ideología y Política; 31), 2011. 2nd Spanish ed. Paperback. 475p., biblio., notes, abbr., b&w photos, charts. Politics. On the political violence in Peru between 1980 and 2000, under the Sendero Luminoso group and the Fujimori presidency. Studies how violence..... More about Violencia y autoritarismo en el Perú; bajo la sombra de Sendero y la dictadura de Fujimori
Lima: Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2012. 2nd ed. Paperback. 549p., biblio., toponymic index, b&w photos, b&w ill., b&w maps, diagrams, notes. Ethno-history. Second edition of this study on the development of prehispanic cities in the Andes, focusing on Peru. Studies how ancient civilizations settled, organized..... More about Ciudad y territorio en los Andes; contribuciones a la historia del urbanismo prehispánico
Lima: Alfaguara, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial (Narrativa hispánica), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 361p., wrps. "Mi madre soñaba en francés" is a novel centering around Juan, who is driven to learn languages as an emotional escape that allows him to deal with everything that explodes in his face: his complex..... More about Mi madre soñaba en francés
Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, (Perú problema), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 226p., illus., wrps. "Acá no hay ventanillas" investigates the Peruvian state's dynamics, bureaucratic logic, and relationship to society. This analysis also offers a complementary view of the population policies deployed in recent years as a result of the anti-poverty..... More about Acá no hay ventanillas: la burocracia de la calle en los programas sociales
Lima: Lluvia Editores, Centro Amazónico de Antropología y Aplicación Práctica (CAAAP), Grupo Internacional de Trabajo sobre Asuntos Indígenas (IWGIA), Instituto del Bien Común (IBC), 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 452p., maps, bibl., wrps. In "Después del Caucho" Peruvian anthropologist Alberto Chirif studies the global and national contexts in which the rubber..... More about Después del Caucho
Lima: PUCP, (Serie Ficciones Crónicas), 2001. first edition. Paperback. 190p, b/w graphs. These texts, intimate and in turn distributed to all those who wander the streets ready to reach out to receive a piece of paper, erase the boundaries between public and private. Literature, its writers, music, history, everything that..... More about Epístola a los transeúntes
Lima: La mula Publicaciones, 2017. First Edition. Paperback. 353p., photos, facsimiles, wrps. "Vida candada. Memorias de un olvidado" contains the memoirs of celebrated 20th century Peruvian poet Arturo Corcuera, which spans his experiences as a poet, his insporations, and his interacitons with artistic contemporarie, including Javier eraud, Pablo Neruda, Jorge... More about Vida cantada. Memorias de un olvidado
Lima: Pakarina Ediciones (Colección: Tlakatlpacha; 4. Serie: Poesía), 2019. First Edition. Paperback. 314p., wrps. "Parawayraq Chawpinpi entre la lluvia y el viento" is a collection of poetry by Washington Córdova Huamán, expressing the pain of Pachamama, a goddess revered by the indigenous people of the Andes. This work is part..... More about Parawayraq Chawpinpi. Entre la lluvia y el viento
Lima: Latinoamericana Editores, (Centro de Estudios Literarios "Antonio Cornejo Polar"), 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. 237p., bibl., boards. "Discurso en loor de la poesía" provides literary analysis on Peruvian viceregal poetry. Chapters include "El problema del autor", "Estructura temático-formal del Discurso en loor de poesía", and "Las fuentes del Discurso en..... More about "Discurso en loor de la poesía". Estudio y Edición [1964
Lima: Estación La Cultura, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 149p., wrps. "El inmenso desvío" is a collection of short stories on homoerotic desire and love, centering around a 50-year-old man who frightens his young lover with his unexpected desire to become a prostitute; a sculpture of San Sebastián that awakens the..... More about El inmenso desvío
Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, (Estudios sobre desigualdad ; 11), 2018. First Edition. Paperback. 228p., tables, graphics, bibl., wrps. "Vidas desiguales. mujeres, relaciones de género y educación en el Perú" gathers essays which investigate the ways in which Peruvian women continue to experience inequalities through different educational trajectories, highlighting their..... More about Vidas desiguales. mujeres, relaciones de género y educación en el Perú