{"product_id":"the-lean-lands-paperback-softback-9781477313220","title":"The Lean Lands (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477313220","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Lean Lands\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAgustín Yáñez (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477313220, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 1968\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e338 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e What was it that flew over with such a terrifying roar? Was it, as many said, the devil, or was it that thing a few had heard of, a flying machine? And those electric lights at Jacob Gallo’s farm, were they witchcraft or were they science? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The theme of this harshly powerful novel is the impact of modern technology and ideas on a few isolated, tradition-bound hamlets in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. The old ways are represented by Epifanio Trujillo, the cacique of the region, now ailing and losing his grip on things; by ancient Madre Matiana, the region’s midwife, healer, counselor, and oracle; by penniless RÓmulo and his wife Merced. “Progress” is represented by Don Epifanio’s bastard son Jacob, who acquired money and influence elsewhere during the Revolution and who now, against his father’s will, brings electricity, irrigation, fertilizers, and other modernities to the lean lands-together with armed henchmen. The conflict between the old and the new builds slowly and inexorably to a violent climax that will long remain in the reader’s memory. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The author has given psychological and historical depth to his story by alternating the passages of narrative and dialogue with others in which several of the major characters brood on the past, the present, and the future. For instance, Matiana, now in her eighties, touchingly remembers how she was married and widowed before she had reached her seventeenth birthday. This dual technique is superbly handled, so that people and events have both a vivid actuality and an inner richness of meaning. The impact of the narrative is intensified by the twenty-one striking illustrations by Alberto BeltrÁn. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Translator's Note \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part One-Betania: The Land or the Machine \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Good morning and God bless you \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Keep calm, don't be impatient \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Forward in the name of the cross \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part Two-JerusalÉ\u003cbr\u003en: The Return of Miguel ArcÁ\u003cbr\u003engel \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Struggling along \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Take your music somewhere else \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Like a file of ants, the people \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part Three-BelÉ\u003cbr\u003en: Violence Unleashed \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e There were shepherds in BelÉ\u003cbr\u003en \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A man can have no worse enemy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The storm winds had begun \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part Four-Babel: The Day of Judgment \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e They stood gazing \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The clouds, the deceitful clouds \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e There is no escape \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part Five-Damasco and Galilea: The Coming of Electricity \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Relics of the past \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Not forgotten for a single moment \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Some of the things were credible \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e God's will be done. Good night \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589120061720,"sku":"9781477313220","price":22.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-lean-lands-paperback-softback-9781477313220","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}