Abundant Suffering: Notes on Latin America

Author: Su Sa
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: I am tracing the long history of a continent, but in the process, I select from the vast archives the materials I deem most important. I am describing a people with whom I have no blood ties and no shared experiences, but in the process, my heart shares their joys and sorrows. I am contemplating political and cultural issues that are difficult to conclude, but in the process, I clearly express my basic approval and disapproval. This book provides as comprehensive a depiction of the Latin American continent as possible from both horizontal and vertical perspectives, covering topics such as the invasion and colonization by Westerners, the evolution of humanistic thought in Catholicism, the foundation and flourishing of Latin American thought, major political events and figures, essential artistic and literary representatives, the spirit of Latin American intellectuals as poor countries of the Third World, the national temperament and character, as well as related geographical environments, early history, linguistic and cultural foundations, data, and documents—all of which are presented with clarity. This book offers readers a beneficial introduction that, though based on the author's judgment and selection, is also comprehensive and precise.