{"product_id":"the-singing-mountaineers-songs-and-tales-of-the-quechua-people-paperback-softback-9780292709942","title":"The Singing Mountaineers; Songs and Tales of the Quechua People (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292709942","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Singing Mountaineers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSongs and Tales of the Quechua People\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJosé María Arguedas (Author), Ruth Stephan (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292709942\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 May 1971\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e212 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.6 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 The Quechua people, the \"singing mountaineers\" of Peru, still sing the songs that their Inca ancestors knew before the Spaniards invaded the Andes. Some of these songs, collected and translated into Spanish by JosÉ MarÍa Arguedas and MarÍa Lourdes Valladares from the Quechua language and the Huanca dialect, are now presented for the first time in English in the beautiful translations of Ruth Stephan, author of the recent prize-winning novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Flight\u003c\/i\u003e. Also included in this rich collection are nine folk tales collected by Father Jorge A. Lira, translated into Spanish by Sr. Arguedas, and into English by Kate and Angel Flores. \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 Introduction by Ruth Stephan \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e On Andean Fiestas and the Indian by JosÉ\u003cbr\u003e MarÍ\u003cbr\u003ea Arguedas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Quechua Songs \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e To Be Wandering \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Fire that I Have Started \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e That She May Not Find Dew \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I Nurse a Fly \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e You Were Crying Alone, Little Duck \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ay Purple Flower! \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Wandering Hummingbird \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e In this Growing Darkness \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Bird that Hides Itself \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Black Water \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Without Anyone, Without Anyone \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Crystalline River \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Leave-taking \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Divided Herb \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Flying High in the Air \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Celso Medina \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Emerald Hummingbird \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Sand of the River \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e When You Find Yourself Alone \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Ischu Is Weeping \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Snow Storm \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Like Two Doves \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Carnival Song \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tambobamba Carnival \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tell Her that I Have Wept \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Sweet Water \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e What Sorrow Will She Dream \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Falcon of the Heights \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Like a River My Weeping \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Yunca \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Threshing Songs of Angasmayo \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e First Song \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Second Song: Guavas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Third Song: Green Olive Tree \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fourth Song: Little Lizard \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fifth Song: The Bagre Fish \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sixth Song: Cerbaschay \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Seventh Song: Bachelor \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Eighth Song: Lima Lima Flower \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ninth Song \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tenth Song: Majordomo \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Eleventh Song \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Quechua Tales \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Hail \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Youth Who Rose to the Sky \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Little Bull with the Shiny Skin \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Flour Dealer \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Head of the Town and the Demon \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Condor’\u003cbr\u003es Lover \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Miguel Wayapa \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Snakes Sweetheart \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Isicha Puytu \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e On The Songs And Tales by JosÉ\u003cbr\u003e MarÍ\u003cbr\u003ea Arguedas \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Editor’\u003cbr\u003es Notes And Bibliography \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":52530853380376,"sku":"9780292709942","price":18.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-singing-mountaineers-songs-and-tales-of-the-quechua-people-paperback-softback-9780292709942","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}