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The Villagers (Huasipungo) by Jorge Icaza, translated from the Spanish by Bernard Dulsey (Arcturus Paperbacks, ). The Villagers is a story of the ruthless exploitation and extermination of an Indian village of Ecuador by its greedy landlord. First published in , it is here available for the first time in an authorized English translation. A realistic tale in the best tradition of the novels of social protest of Zola, Dosto­evsky, José Eustasio Rivera, and the Mexican novels of the Revolution, The Villagers (Huasipungo) shocked and Price: $ Jorge Icaza. Buy at Amazon. Translated by: Bernard M. Dulsey, Bernard Dulsey. Author is from, and story is set in. Ecuador. The Villagers is a story of the ruthless exploitation and extermination of an Indian village of Ecuador by its greedy landlord. First published in , it is here available for the first time in an authorized English.

Stanford Libraries' official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more. Jorge Icaza's "Huasinpungo," translated by Bernard Dulsey as "The Villagers," is a dense, inarticulate, and difficult read. The edition I have is perhaps pages, but many of the sentences carry on for some time, using language that seems quite stilted, making the book feel much longer. Huasipungo: The Villagers, a Novel. Huasipungo.: Jorge Icaza. Southern Illinois University Press, - Ecuadorian fiction - pages. 2 Reviews. Story of the ruthless exploitation and extermination of an Indian village of Ecuador by its greedy landlord. More».

The Villagers by Jorge Icaza, , Southern Illinois University Press edition, in English. The villagers = ( edition) | Open Library. It looks like you're offline. "The Villagers," a novel by Jorge Icaza of Ecuador, was first published in It has been translated into English by Bernard Dulsey. I think of "The Villagers" as a sort of Ecuadoran counterpart to "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (the classic anti-slavery novel by United States author Harriet Beecher Stowe). The author, Jorge Icaza, was born in , in Quito, Ecuador, where he still lives and where he owns and manages a book store. A dramatist and a short-story writer as well as a novelist, Icaza is the author of over fifteen plays, collections of stories, and six novels.