The Novel of the Tupinamba Indian by E. F. Granell (.ePUB)
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The Novel of the Tupinamba Indian by E. F. Granell
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Overview: Picaresque novel of the Spanish Civil War written by one of the most important post-WWII members of the Surrealist Movement.
Written by Galician surrealist artist and revolutionary E.F. Granell, The Novel of the Tupinamba Indian is a picaresque, Cervantes-influenced allegory of the Spanish Civil War. Set against a cruel landscape peopled by generals, priests, conquistadors, poets, witches, and nuns, Tupinamba Indian embodies Granell’s wartime experiences while transforming them through his lush and incendiary surrealist imagination.
In an ever-shifting world populated by nameless, iconic stock figures, the Tupinamba Indian (whose head, slashed off by a conquistador, remains detachable/attachable in a brilliant metaphor for colonialism) wanders, stumbles, and thrives in a war landscape where time and space morph. … A war novel, a political allegory not only of the late ’30s but also our current political moment …
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics
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