Assault on Paradise by Tatiana Lobo

Assault on Paradise by Tatiana Lobo

Assault on Paradise vividly depicts the Conquistadores and the Church invading Central America, impoverishing one world to enrich another. In a fast-paced, bawdy, swashbuckling adventure in Central America of the early 1700s, Costa Rican novelist Tatiana Lobo lays bare the dark legacy of the Conquistadores and the Church. Through the central picaresque story of Pedro Albaran, Lobo dramatizes the intrigues of politicians and the Inquisition and the bloody battles between the native people and the invaders, while simultaneously presenting a reverent poetic recreation of indigenous cosmogony and mystical values which the natives seek to use to drive out the invaders.

""...Assault on Paradise can be considered a critique of colonialism and its cruelties, it is not only that. For in her portrayal of its feckless hero, Lobo moves her novel well beyond polemic and into the realm of art."" -- The New York Times Book Review

Lobo was born in Puerto Montt, Chile and studied theatre and painting at the University of Chile. She now lives in Costa Rica.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9781880684467
ISBN 10	1880684462
Titel	Assault on Paradise
Autor	Tatiana Lobo
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Curbstone Press,U.S.
Erscheinungsjahr	1998-05-30
Seitenanzahl	298
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.