Description
Set against the violent upheaval of Pizarro’s conquest of Peru, this novel reimagines the encounter between Spanish colonial power and Inca civilization through a richly fictional, spiritually charged lens. Rather than treating history as a fixed record, it returns to the meeting of Pizarro and Atahualpa to explore how narratives are constructed, who gets to speak, and what is lost—or transformed—when cultures collide. With its lyrical, philosophical intensity, the book meditates on Amerindian history, memory, and the moral ambiguities of conquest, inviting readers to question the stories that have shaped our understanding of the past. In the tradition of Wilson Harris’s visionary fiction, it blends mythic imagination with historical inquiry, turning a familiar episode into a profound meditation on perception, power, and the making of meaning.
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Published Jan 1, 2001
109 pages
ISBN: 9780571206087
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First Published
2001
Language
eng
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