Category: Peru
Domestic dissidence
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Apocalypse now
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A Peruvian graphic novel grapples with a collapsing world. Books in brief: Before We Sail, Carlos Yacolca et al. Review: Before We Sail, Carlos Yacolca, Michelle Lino, Diego Revello, David Escobedo and David Lloys, 2026, Aces Weekly
Categories: Peru
Armageddon foreseen
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Was a masterpiece by Mario Vargas Llosa about the Brazilian ‘War of Canudos’ really referring to Israel’s rampage through the Middle East? Review: The War of the End of the World, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen Lane, 1985, Faber & Faber (1981, Seix Barral)
Categories: Brazil, Middle East & North Africa, Peru
The dialectics of isolation
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Andean Sisyphus
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Peruvian nation-building has been characterised by unending frustration. Review: Modern Peru: A New History, Paulo Drinot and Alberto Vergara (eds), 2025, Duke University Press
Categories: Peru
Flight of fancy
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Latin American academics at risk
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Poverty has many faces
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Scarcity does not always lend itself to statistical analysis. Unruly Domestication: Poverty, Family, and Statecraft in Urban Peru, Kristin Skrabut, 2024, University of Texas Press
Categories: Peru, South America
