Unfinished Conquest: The Guatemalan Tragedy

by VictorPerera (Author), Daniel Chauche (Photographer)

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1995
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Spanning the years of civil war in Guatemala, Unfinished Conquest portrays an embattled country facing the third cycle of a conquest that began when the conquistadors arrived in the sixteenth century. As personal narrative weaves with reportage and oral testimony, we meet the victims, champions, and villains of a society torn apart by violence and injustice.

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Spanning the years of civil war in Guatemala, Unfinished Conquest portrays an embattled country facing the third cycle of a conquest that began when the conquistadors arrived in the sixteenth century. As personal narrative weaves with reportage and oral testimony, we meet the victims, champions, and villains of a society torn apart by violence and injustice.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 297
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 14 Nov 1995
ISBN 10: 0520203496
ISBN 13: 9780520203495

Media Reviews

By telling the stories of real people, Mayas who cling to their traditional gods, their communal ways and their brilliant woven clothing, Perera has selected the most effective means of conveying the astonishing resilience of Mayan culture.--Linda Robinson, New York Times Book Review

Author Bio

Victor Perera (1934-2003) was novelist and writer whose books include Rites: A Guatemalan Boyhood (1985) and The Last Lords of Palenque (California, 1986).