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M.ª del Rocío Paradas González
Despite progressive recuperation and the national spirit belittled by the uncertainties about new government, in 2008 Peru undoubtedly continues to feel the pains caused by the profound wounds of the past. In leader Ollanta Humala, who is close to the most underprivileged sectors of the population, there are those who find a vague hope for the national communities. However, with the pressure of years of corruption and racism and the thorns of the terror of the Dirty War that must be stuck in the throats of the victims and the killers, the desire for a better world remains. Moreover, the tendency to follow the road opened by other countries that long for the growth of modernity, the yearning to be like the foreigner, to share their vision and concerns, will not manage to uproot who we really are. Hence, an author like Alonso Cueto, remembering the struggle for the recuperation of identity pioneered by men like Mariátegui and Arguedas, writes his novel La hora azul. In this narration we will see the present through the eyes of tradition, we will analyse the war in terms of its consequences and we will understand that truth is the daughter of the past
