Author:
Leopoldo Berdella de la Espriella
Publishing house:
Idartes
Publication Date
2017
We are pleased to introduce our title No. 129 of Libro al Viento: Juan Sábalo. Juan Sábalo tells the story of the country of the Zenú and Moor of Ayapel people. These stories go back to the beginning of times when the Gods of Darkness were creating the world. In this context, Juan arises with all his beautiful stories. He was the one who discovered fish could be eaten, and so, he showed this discovery to others and became the first fisherman of his people.
Author:
Leopoldo Berdella de la Espriella
Publishing house:
Idartes
Publication date:
2017
We are pleased to introduce our title No. 129 of Libro al Viento: Juan Sábalo. Juan Sábalo tells the story of the country of the Zenú and Moor of Ayapel people. These stories go back to the beginning of times when the Gods of Darkness were creating the world. In this context, Juan arises with all his beautiful stories. He was the one who discovered fish could be eaten, and so, he showed this discovery to others and became the first fisherman of his people.
Published in 1960, La Calle 10 is a novel by Manuel Zapata Olivella set in Bogotá. In this city, the author of this work lived when studying Medicine amidst the reigning atmosphere of the misery of those years that, in turn, would be the proper scenario for the explosion of violence after Jorge Eliecer Gaitán's death on April 9, 1948.
The amazement of witnessing entire civilizations that resulted foreign to the European construct, together with the variety of plants and animals, and the outrageous amount of gold and precious stones complemented by the thrill and fear of facing death in every corner, must have been so sharp and deep for conquerors that they had to improvise their very own style and wording to give an account of everything they saw.