One Day of Life

Manlio Argueta, Bill Brow

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Spanish

Vintage Books
01 January 1991

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Vintage International

Celebrated for the authenticity of its vernacular style and the incandescence of its lyricism, One Day of Life depicts a typical day in the life of a peasant family caught up in the terror and corruption of civil war in El Salvador.

5-30 A.M. in Chalate, a small rural town- Lupe, the grandmother of the Guardado family and the central figure of the novel, is up and about doing her chores. By 5-00 P.M. the plot of the novel has been resolved, with the Civil Guard's search for and interrogation of Lupe's young granddaughter, Adolfina. Told entirely from the perspective of the resilient women of the Guardado family, One Day of Life is not only a disturbing and inspiring evocation of the harsh realities of peasant life in El Salvador after fifty years of military exploitation; it is also a mercilessly accurate dramatization of the relationship of the peasants to both the state and the church.

Translated from the Spanish by Bill Brow

By: Manlio Argueta
Translated by: Bill Brow
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 218g
ISBN: 9780679732433
ISBN 10: 0679732438
Series: Vintage International
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 January 1991
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Novelist and critic Manlio Argueta was born in San Miguel, El Salvador, in 1935. He was exiled from El Salvador and lived in Costa Rica during the Salvadoran Civil War (1979–1992). His published works include A Place Called Milagro de la Paz, Little Red Riding Hood in the Red Light District, Cuzcatlan: Where the Southern Sea Beats, and One Day of Life, which placed fifth in the list by Modern Library of the 100 best Latin American novels of the 20th century.

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