Trozas :A Novel - Jungle Novels

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Trozas

Trozas :A Novel - Jungle Novels

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With the first publication in English of Trozas, B. Traven's legendary Jungle Novels, an epic of the birth of the Mexican Revolution, are complete. Trozas is the fourth of the six Jungle Novels that describe the conditions of peonage and debt slavery under which Mexican Indians suffered during the reign of Porfirio Díaz. The main character of the novel is a young Indian named Andrés Ugaldo, a virtual slave worker in a montería—-mahogany plantation—which is purchased by the profit ?hungry Montellano brothers, widely despised for their brutal treatment of workers. The demands on Andrés and his companions exceed even the usual insufferable conditions in the montería. Trozas (the word means "logs") captures the origins of the rebellious spirit that slowly spread through the labor camps and haciendas, culminating in the bloody revolt that ended Díaz's rule. Traven masterfully evokes the backbreaking daily routine of the montería, brings alive the players in this sordid drama, and tells the story in riveting narrative.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781566632195
ISBN10 1566632196
Number Of Pages 269
Item Weight 322 g
Product Dimensions 135 x 204 x 20 mm
Publisher / Reseller Ivan R Dee, Inc
Format paperback
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B. Traven is coming to be recognized as one of the narrative masters of the twentieth century. * The New York Times *
The Jungle Novels constitute one of the richest portraits of revolution in all literature. * University Review *
Great storytellers often arise like Judaic just men to exemplify and rehearse the truth for their generation. B. Traven was such a man. * Book World *
Traven is a riveting storyteller. * The Philadelphia Inquirer *
Readers who ignore the genius of B. Traven do so at their peril. * The New York Times *

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Author's Bio

The mysterious B. Traven (1890–1969) was born in Chicago, spent his youth in Germany as an itinerant actor and revolutionary journalist, became a seaman on tramp steamers, settled in Mexico in the early 1920s, and began recording his experiences in novels and stories. In the United States his best-known novel is The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

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