Cruce entre la biografía, la historia y la crítica literaria, La utopía arcaica dibuja un fresco del contexto histórico del país, reseña la vida de Arguedas, matiza sus libros y trata de describir la inmolación de un talento literario por razones éticas y políticas.

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A cross between biographical, historical, and literary critique genres, The Archaic Utopia is a fresco that illustrates Peru's historical context as well as an account of Arguedas' life, an explanation of his work, and an attempt to describe the immolation of a literary genius for ethical and political reasons. An anthropologist, scholar, and intellectual militant, Peruvian novelist José María Arguedas was considered one of the foremost figures of the Indigenists Movement in Latin America and a committed revolutionary.