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Doña Barbara: A Novel
by Rómulo Gallegos (Author), Larry McMurtry (Foreword), Robert Malloy (Translator) & 0 more Format: Kindle Edition★★★★★
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Customers praise the book's writing quality, particularly its fantastic translation, and find the story intriguing, with one review noting it provides a fascinating picture of a time and place. The characters are well-developed, with one customer describing them as three-dimensional.
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The classic novel of Venezuelan ranchers battling over land and love—a forerunner of magic realism set in the “steamy, tumescent, lust driven” plain (Larry McMurtry, from the foreword). Rómulo Gallegos is best known for being Venezuela’s first democratically elected president. But in his native land he is equally famous as a writer responsible for one of Venezuela’s literary treasures, the novel Doña Barbara. First published in 1929, it is one of the first examples of magical realism, laying the groundwork for later authors such as Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa. Following an epic dispute over a Venezuelan estate, Doña Barbara is an examination of the conflict between town and country, violence and intellect, male and female. Doña Barbara is a beautiful woman with such a ferocious power over men that she is rumored to be a witch. When her cousin Santos Luzardo returns to the plains in order to reclaim his land and cattle, he reluctantly faces off against Doña Barbara, and their battle becomes simultaneously one of violence and seduction.Doña Barbara is a suspenseful tale that blends fantasy, adventure, and romance. Bringing the Venezuelan plains to life—with their dangerous ranchers, intrepid cowboys, and damsels in distress—it has inspired numerous adaptations on the big and small screens. Read more
Product Information
ASIN | B0097E4LFK |
Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
Accessibility | Learn more |
Publication date | March 7, 2012 |
Edition | Translation, Reprint |
Language | English |
File size | 3.9 MB |
Screen Reader | Supported |
Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
X-Ray | Not Enabled |
Word Wise | Enabled |
Print length | 448 pages |
ISBN-13 | 978-0226279213 |
Page Flip | Enabled |
Best Sellers Rank | #229,680 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #184 in Hispanic American Literature #719 in Classic American Literature #732 in Classic Literary Fiction |
Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 241 ratings |