Doña Barbara: A Novel: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
Autor Rómulo Gallegos Traducere de Robert Malloy Cuvânt înainte de Larry McMurtryen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 mai 2012
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. Published in 1929 and all but forgotten by Anglophone readers, Doña Barbara 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 the epic struggle between two cousins for an estate in Venezuela, Doña Barbara is an examination of the conflict between town and country, violence and intellect, male and female. Doña Barbara is a beautiful and mysterious woman—rumored to be a witch—with a ferocious power over men. 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. All of the action is set against the stunning backdrop of the Venezuelan prairie, described in loving detail. Gallegos’s plains are filled with dangerous ranchers, intrepid cowboys, and damsels in distress, all broadly and vividly drawn. A masterful novel with an important role in the inception of magical realism, Doña Barbara is a suspenseful tale that blends fantasy, adventure, and romance.
Hailed as “the Bovary of the llano” by Larry McMurtry in his new foreword to this book, Doña Barbarais a magnetic and memorable heroine, who has inspired numerous adaptations on the big and small screens, including a recent television show that aired on Telemundo.
Following the epic struggle between two cousins for an estate in Venezuela, Doña Barbara is an examination of the conflict between town and country, violence and intellect, male and female. Doña Barbara is a beautiful and mysterious woman—rumored to be a witch—with a ferocious power over men. 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. All of the action is set against the stunning backdrop of the Venezuelan prairie, described in loving detail. Gallegos’s plains are filled with dangerous ranchers, intrepid cowboys, and damsels in distress, all broadly and vividly drawn. A masterful novel with an important role in the inception of magical realism, Doña Barbara is a suspenseful tale that blends fantasy, adventure, and romance.
Hailed as “the Bovary of the llano” by Larry McMurtry in his new foreword to this book, Doña Barbarais a magnetic and memorable heroine, who has inspired numerous adaptations on the big and small screens, including a recent television show that aired on Telemundo.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780226279206
ISBN-10: 0226279200
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Seria Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
ISBN-10: 0226279200
Pagini: 448
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 33 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press
Seria Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
Notă biografică
Rómulo Gallegos (1889–1969) was a Venezuelan novelist and politician who served briefly as the nation’s first democratically elected president. After publishing Doña Barbara, he was forced to flee to Spain but returned in 1936 to hold a variety of political offices. He was again forced out by a coup d’etat in 1948, returned in 1958, then was elected senator for life.
Cuprins
Part I
Who is with Us?
The Descendant of the Cunavichero
The Ogress
A Thousand Different Paths
The Lance-Head in the Wall
The Memory of Hasdrubal
The Tawny Bull
The Horse-Breaking
The Sphinx of the Savannah
The Spectre of La Barquerena
The Sleeping Beauty
The Day Will Come
Señor Danger
Part II
An Unusual Event
The Trainers
The Furies
The Rodeo
Mutations
The Terror of the Bramador
Wild Honey
The Phoenix
The Dance
A Passion without a Name
Imaginary Solutions
Song and Story
The Evil-Eye and Her Shadow
Part III
The Terror of the Savannahs
The Whirlwinds
Ño Pernalete
The Cross Roads
Man’s Hour
The Ineffable Discovery
Inscrutable Designs
Red Glory
Amusement for Señor Danger
Withdrawal
Light in the Cave
Dotting the E’s
Daughter of the Rivers
The Gleam of a Star
Many Horizons, Many Paths
Recenzii
“Remarkable. . . . From its first pages it reveals . . . why it made Gallegos famous. . . . If Señor Gallegos is one-half as good a President as he is a novelist, Venezuela is a lucky land.”
“An exciting heroic tale of the life of Venezuelan plainsmen, master and peons, ranchers and cowboys and horse thieves.”
Unlike the austere plain I grew up on, Gallegos’s llano is steamy, tumescent, lust-driven. Dona Barbara may have been a kind of anticipation of Eva Peron. She owns a great ranch, the Altimara, but must struggle constantly to keep it. She is, in her way, a tragic heroine, seeking to attract a decent lover, while giving herself day and night to very coarse lovers indeed.
She is, however, very vividly drawn, a Bovary of the llano.
In the prose one will now and then hear Conradian echoes, and certainly there are echos of Gallegos in Garcia Marquez, Vargas Lhosa, and Fuentes.
Let us hope this attractive reprint will bring Romolo Gallegos the readers he deserves.