by Velma Wallis · Ediciones B · tapa dura · ISBN 9788440661715
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«Las dos ancianas» is the novel by Velma Wallis published by Ediciones B in hardback (137 pages, in Spanish).
The story is based on an Athabascan legend passed down from mothers to daughters in the upper Yukon Valley, Alaska. During a winter famine, the tribe abandons two old women who must fend for themselves to avoid dying of cold and hunger. Their struggle to survive becomes a tale of friendship, community, and forgiveness.
The novel was originally published in English in 1993 as Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival. This Spanish edition is from 1996.
Readers of contemporary fiction and survival narratives, as well as stories with indigenous settings.
Velma May Wallis is an American writer of Gwich'in Athabascan Indian descent. Her books have been translated into 17 languages.
