Global InformationDrums for Rancas information
 First edition (Spanish) | |
| Author | Manuel Scorza |
|---|---|
| Original title | Redoble por Rancas |
| Translator | Edith Grossman |
| Country | Peru |
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre | Magic realism, indigenist novel |
| Publisher | Planeta (Spain) Harper & Row (US) |
Publication date | 1970 |
Published in English | 1st edition (1977) |
| ISBN | 978-0060138141 |
| LC Class | PZ4.S422 Dr3, PQ8497.S36 Dr3 |
| Preceded by | Poesía incompleta |
| Followed by | Garabombo, the Invisible |
Drums for Rancas (Spanish: Redoble por Rancas) is a 1970 novel by Peruvian author Manuel Scorza that represents the historical struggles of the inhabitants of the Department of Cerro de Pasco[1] as they fight to recuperate control and ownership of their communal lands from the Peruvian government and multinational mining interests. Drums for Rancas is the first installment in Scorza’s five-part cycle "La Guerra silenciosa".[2]
- ^ Peru town copes with being devoured by mine by Andrew Whalen, Associated Press on 4/19/2010
- ^ Drums for Rancas at Open Library