Description: "Arana tells the stories of three people in contemporary Latin America whose lives emblemize the three powerful historical forces thatstill shape Latin America: mineral exploitation (silver), violence (sword), and the Church (stone)"--
Brief description: Marie Arana was born in Lima, Peru. She is the author of the memoir American Chica, a finalist for the National Book Award; two novels, Cellophane and Lima Nights; the prizewinning biography Bolivar; Silver, Sword, and Stone, a narrative history of Latin America; The Writing Life, a collection from her well-known column for The Washington Post; and LatinoLand. She is the inaugural Literary Director of the Library of Congress and lives in Washington, DC, and Lima, Peru.
Review Quotes: "Marie Arana's monumental, stupendous new history of Latin America, Silver Sword, and Stone, is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand this hemisphere and our current crises."--Julia Alvarez, author of In the Time of the Butterflies