"Agua" received critical acclaim upon its publication and is considered a landmark work in Peruvian literature. The novel has been translated into several languages and has influenced generations of writers and intellectuals in Latin America.
Before Arguedas, literature about indigenous people in Peru was often written by outsiders (coastal elites) who viewed highland indigenous people as exotic, primitive, or simply pitiable. obra de jose maria arguedas agua
If you want to understand José María Arguedas—one of Peru’s most vital novelists—start not with Los ríos profundos , but with his first published book: Agua (1935). This collection of three stories (“Agua,” “Los escoleros,” and “Warma kuyay”) already contains all the tensions that would define his entire career. "Agua" received critical acclaim upon its publication and