Los perros hambrientos

novel by Alegría

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  • Alegría, 1941
    In Ciro Alegría

    Los perros hambrientos (1938; “The Hungry Dogs”) describes the difficulties faced by the sheepherding Indians of the Peruvian highlands. The novel that is generally considered Alegría’s masterpiece is El mundo es ancho y ajeno (1941; Broad and Alien Is the World ). It depicts in…

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