by José Miguel Oviedo · Tusquets Editor · tapa dura · ISBN 9788472239135
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«La Edad del Oro» is an anthology of chronicles of the conquest of Peru, edited by José Miguel Oviedo, published by Tusquets in hardcover (377 pages).
Drawing on chronicles, contemporary testimonies, documents and archaeological findings, the book reconstructs the discovery and conquest of Peru between 1509 and 1621, from the early agreements of Pizarro, Almagro and Luque to the death of Atahualpa and the subjugation of the Inca Empire.
Includes a prologue by Mario Vargas Llosa and belongs to the Biblioteca del Nuevo Mundo 1492-1992 collection.
For readers interested in the history of Peru, the Spanish conquest and the accounts of chroniclers of the period.
José Miguel Oviedo was a Peruvian writer and literary critic, born in Lima. He received his doctorate from the Pontificia Universidad Católica in 1961, afterwards teaching at the same institution. Coming to the US in 1975, he taught at State University of New York, Indiana University, and UCLA. In 1988 he was appointed Trustee Professor of Latin American Literature at the University of Pennsylvania and remained there until his retirement and move to Emeritus Professor in 2000. He was the recipient of important scholarships such as the Rockefeller grant and the Guggenheim fellowship(1972).
