{"product_id":"the-wind-traveler-9781477317747","title":"The Wind Traveler","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Peruvian literary master returns with a provocative novel about the intersection of retribution and reconciliation--and a soldier's quest to confront the ghosts of his past after the Shining Path's reign of terror has ended.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the major novelists of his generation. * Diario de Tarragona *\u003cbr\u003eEach book by the Peruvian writer Alonso Cueto is a journey into our own selves…To read Cueto is to walk those paths of one’s soul that only writers can shine a light on…\u003ci\u003eThe Wind Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e [is a] prodigious novel. -- Santiago Gil * El Cultural de Canarias *\u003cbr\u003eAlonso Cueto records how literature contributes to the definition of our society. \u003ci\u003eThe Wind Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e is simply extraordinary. -- Mariela Sagel * La Estrella de Panama *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wind Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for its multitude of nuanced ideas, but above all for the changing atmospheres, a spitting image of real life. A novel that will impact any reader. -- Christian Roinat * Nouveaux Espaces Latinos *\u003cbr\u003eStaggering...Cueto imbues every page and character with the brutal consequences of war in his compulsively readable story of a man’s reckoning with a history of violence. Wynne and Mendez’s splendid translation brings readers an essential work of Peruvian literature. * Publishers Weekly, Starred Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wind Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical novel about loss and atonement...Throughout, details capture the essences of places and people. Cueto’s scenes and descriptions are tactile and immediate, conveying subtext and deeper meaning. Metaphors set a mood that supports the story’s overarching themes of trauma, guilt, and the idea that we are forever bound to people we harm and who harm us, even if that harm is unintended...\u003ci\u003eThe Wind Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful, multi-layered novel that meditates on life and death, pain and suffering. * Foreword Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eThe Wind Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e] feels more like two novels. The larger part is rote exercise and bald suspense. Within this, there is a more nuanced, and thus more mesmerizing, consideration of purpose and atonement. * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eCueto’s magnificent storytelling ably portrays the brutality of Peru’s armed conflict and, more importantly, the many personal scars it left behind...\u003ci\u003eThe Wind Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e is a fast-paced, psychologically charged novel that quickly grabs the reader’s attention. Translators Frank Wynne and Jessie Méndez Sayer should be commended for their excellent rendition of this gripping narrative. \u003ci\u003eThe Wind Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e will allow English-speaking audiences to learn about Peru’s recent painful past, as well as discover the many talents of one of its best storytellers. * World Literature Today *\u003cbr\u003e[An] accomplished novel by Alonso Cueto, expertly translated by Frank Wynne and Jessie Mendez Sayer. * Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI\u003cbr\u003e II\u003cbr\u003e III\u003cbr\u003e IV\u003cbr\u003e V\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e About the Author and Translators","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408953975127,"sku":"9781477317747","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477317747.jpg?v=1730504841","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-wind-traveler-9781477317747","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}