by Ciro Alegría · Suhrkamp Verlag AG · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518369470
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«Die hungrigen Hunde» is the indigenist novel by Ciro Alegría, published by Suhrkamp Verlag AG in paperback (182 pages, in German).
Set in the Peruvian Andes, the novel portrays the lives of three peasant families and their sheepdogs during a long drought. The shepherd Simón Robles, known for his dogs, is the thread of a story that shows the relationship between humans, animals, and a hostile natural environment, as well as the daily struggle for survival.
Translation by Wolfgang A. Luchting, with an epilogue by Walter Boehlich. Work originally published as Los perros hambrientos in 1939. Number 447 in the Suhrkamp Taschenbuch series.
Readers interested in Latin American narrative and stories about the human relationship with nature.
Ciro Alegría Bazán was a Peruvian journalist, politician, and novelist. He is considered the greatest Peruvian novelist in history with three monumental novels: The Golden Serpent, The World is Wide and Alien, and The Hungry Dogs. César Vallejo, Ciro Alegría, and José María Arguedas are the three greats of Peruvian literature.https://fervor.com.ar/jose-maria-arguedas-entre-la-cultura-quechua-y-la-renovacion-literaria-latinoamericana/
