Peruvian Tag

8 Peruvian Books in Translation From the Quechua oral tradition to the Hispanic colonization and the Spanish literature that might result, Peruvian literature has a wealthy and complex history. Through exploitation and violence, Peru, originally the seat of the Incan Empire, became the seat of the Spanish empire for the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries — largely due to its supplies of silver. This is able to change within the 18th century as a result of power changes and an Indigenous revolt, and Peru was declared independent on July 28, 1821, as a part of José de San Martín’s quest to free Argentina and shove Spain out of the region. Indigenous rights would proceed to be a subject of debate, protest, and suppression...