Eustasio Rivera Jose - The Vortex - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: The most influential Colombian novel before Gabriel Garc a M rquez. Times Literary Supplement A new translation of a Latin American classic Jos Eustasio Rivera's The Vortex follows the young poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia as they elope from Bogot and embark on an adventure through Colombia's varied and magical landscapes. When Alicia pregnant jealous and more than a little fed up disappears it's up to Arturo and his unstoppable ego to follow and win her back. From the cattle ranches of the llanos to the dense jungle of the rainforest accompanied by hucksters cowboys desperate souls and a terrifying tide of ants Arturo pursues his bride - to - be and becomes an inadvertent witness to the appalling conditions suffered by workers forced or tricked into tapping rubber trees. Inventive funny and wildly prescient about the human and environmental costs of extractive systems The Vortex is both a denunciation of the horrific human - rights abuses that took place during the Amazonian rubber boom and one of most enduring renderings of the natural environment in Latin American literature. 100 years after its publication it remains full of verve and ready to inspire and delight a new generation of readers and writers.
Title: The Vortex
Author(s): Eustasio Rivera Jose
Publisher: Charco Press
Barcode: 9781913867980
Pages: 200 Pages, No
Publication Date: 12/3/2024
Series: Charco Classics
Category: Fiction In Translation