De campesinos, paisajes y pueblos
"The peasant's orality is not found in what he says but in what he does."—Raúl Iturra, Letrados y campesinos
«Emilio Barco's book reminds us that peasant agriculture was a job that could be loved. A way of being in the world. Those who insist on throwing it down the drain of history forget that its decline is intimately related to the malaise of an era incapable of situating and understanding itself.”—Marc Badal
Emilio Barco's writings are a consequence of his way of life and his activity. When reading them, one can find everything from a conversation with his friend Lucio, the shepherd, to a reflection on the future of the rural world and the role of peasants in history, and on the way be entertained with some tips to know when a watermelon or a melon, and attend to an economic analysis that relates food production in the world to the price of a barrel of oil, for examp...read more
