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El Camarada Jorge Y El Dragn / Comrade Jorge and the Dragon
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«A nadie le importa cmo entras a la Historia, Shito. Si por la puerta de adelante, la de atrs o la del costado. Eso s, una vez que ya ests adentro, nadie te saca
Deportado cinco veces por cuatro presidentes peruanos, sospechoso de haber estado involucrado en tres golpes de estado en Per y uno en el extranjero, Eudocio Ravines, figura cida y rutilante en la historia latinoamericana del siglo XX, aparece por doquiera que uno escarbe, conspirando, denunciando, polemizando, escaldando y sacando de quicio. Despus de una relacin estrecha y dramtica con Vctor Ral Haya de la Torre y Jos Carlos Maritegui, abandona sus roles de comisario poltico de alto nivel en la Internacional Comunista para combatir la ideologa que antes defenda frreamente, y convertirse en caja de resonancia de la propaganda de la CIA. El camarada Jorge y el Dragn, el primer volumen de una saga en torno a su figura, recrea sus aos infantiles y juveniles en su turbulenta Cajamarca natal, al amparo de las mujeres de la familia y de su to, el coronel Belisario Ravines, hroe de la guerra del Pacfico y principal autoridad local de gobierno. Despus del xito de El Espa del Inca, Rafael Dumett vuelve a sorprender con esta novela histrica de aprendizaje, en la que usa magistralmente la ficcin para diluirse por completo en la vida del controvertido Eudocio Ravines, pieza fundamental para calibrar los subterrneos de la historia peruana y global del siglo pasado, que ya muestran ecos imprevistos en el presente. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From committed communist to CIA agent: a legendary Peruvian figure comes to life in the latest novel by the author of The Inca's Spy.
"No one cares how you find your way into History, Shito. It doesn't matter if it's through the front, back or side door; once you're in, no one can take you back out."
Deported five times by four Peruvian presidents, suspected of involvement in three coups in that country and another abroad, Eudocio Ravines, a brilliant and acerbic figure in twentieth-century Latin American history, seems to pop up wherever you look: conspiring, denouncing, polarizing, inciting and maddening the powers that be. After close and polemcial relationships with Vctor Ral Haya de la Torre and Jos Carlos Maritegui, he abandons his position as a high-ranking delegate to the Communist International to oppose the ideology he once ardently supported, becoming a devout propagandist for the CIA. Comrade Jorge and the Dragon, the first volume in a saga revolving around Ravines and his legacy, traces his turbulent childhood and adolescence in Cajamarca, where he was protected by female relatives and his uncle, Coronel Belisario Ravines, a hero of the War of the Pacific and the top local government authority. Following the success of The Inca's Spy, Rafael Dumett surprises us again with this historical novel that uses fiction to delve into the life of the controversial Eudocio Ravines, key to understanding the undercurrents of Peruvian and global history of the last century and with unexpected echoes in the present.
«A nadie le importa cmo entras a la Historia, Shito. Si por la puerta de adelante, la de atrs o la del costado. Eso s, una vez que ya ests adentro, nadie te saca
Deportado cinco veces por cuatro presidentes peruanos, sospechoso de haber estado involucrado en tres golpes de estado en Per y uno en el extranjero, Eudocio Ravines, figura cida y rutilante en la historia latinoamericana del siglo XX, aparece por doquiera que uno escarbe, conspirando, denunciando, polemizando, escaldando y sacando de quicio. Despus de una relacin estrecha y dramtica con Vctor Ral Haya de la Torre y Jos Carlos Maritegui, abandona sus roles de comisario poltico de alto nivel en la Internacional Comunista para combatir la ideologa que antes defenda frreamente, y convertirse en caja de resonancia de la propaganda de la CIA. El camarada Jorge y el Dragn, el primer volumen de una saga en torno a su figura, recrea sus aos infantiles y juveniles en su turbulenta Cajamarca natal, al amparo de las mujeres de la familia y de su to, el coronel Belisario Ravines, hroe de la guerra del Pacfico y principal autoridad local de gobierno. Despus del xito de El Espa del Inca, Rafael Dumett vuelve a sorprender con esta novela histrica de aprendizaje, en la que usa magistralmente la ficcin para diluirse por completo en la vida del controvertido Eudocio Ravines, pieza fundamental para calibrar los subterrneos de la historia peruana y global del siglo pasado, que ya muestran ecos imprevistos en el presente. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From committed communist to CIA agent: a legendary Peruvian figure comes to life in the latest novel by the author of The Inca's Spy.
"No one cares how you find your way into History, Shito. It doesn't matter if it's through the front, back or side door; once you're in, no one can take you back out."
Deported five times by four Peruvian presidents, suspected of involvement in three coups in that country and another abroad, Eudocio Ravines, a brilliant and acerbic figure in twentieth-century Latin American history, seems to pop up wherever you look: conspiring, denouncing, polarizing, inciting and maddening the powers that be. After close and polemcial relationships with Vctor Ral Haya de la Torre and Jos Carlos Maritegui, he abandons his position as a high-ranking delegate to the Communist International to oppose the ideology he once ardently supported, becoming a devout propagandist for the CIA. Comrade Jorge and the Dragon, the first volume in a saga revolving around Ravines and his legacy, traces his turbulent childhood and adolescence in Cajamarca, where he was protected by female relatives and his uncle, Coronel Belisario Ravines, a hero of the War of the Pacific and the top local government authority. Following the success of The Inca's Spy, Rafael Dumett surprises us again with this historical novel that uses fiction to delve into the life of the controversial Eudocio Ravines, key to understanding the undercurrents of Peruvian and global history of the last century and with unexpected echoes in the present.
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