Dona Barbara
Title:
Dona Barbara
Author:
Gallegos, Romulo, 1884-1969.
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ISBN:
9780226279206
Edition:
University of Chicago Press edition.
Physical Description:
440 pages ; 21 cm
General Note:
Originally published in Spanish in 1929 by Editorial Araluce, Barcelona.
Contents:
Part I. Who is with us? ; The descendant of the Cunavichero ; The orgress ; 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 BarquerenÌa ; The sleeping beauty ; The day will come ; SenÌor 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 ; NÌo pernalete ; The cross roads ; Man's hour ; The ineffable discovery ; Inscrutable designs ; Amusement for SenÌor Danger ; Withdrawal ; Light in the cave ; Dotting the e's ; Daughter of the rivers ; The gleam of a star ; Many horizons, many paths.
Abstract:
Dona Barbara tells the tale of an epic struggle between two cousins for a cast estate and ranch in the Venezuelan llano, or prairie ... Published in 1929 and all but forgotten by Anglophone readers, Dona Barbara is one of the first examples of magical realism, laying the groundwork for later authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa.
In Venezuela, DonÌa Barbara is a beautiful and mysterious woman with a ferocious power over men-- it's even rumored she's a witch. She owns a ranch, the Altimara, but must struggle constantly to keep it. When her cousin Santos Luzardo returns to the plains in order to reclaim his land and cattle, he reluctantly faces off against DonÌa Barbara, and their battle becomes simultaneously one of violence and seduction.
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Summary:
Dona Barbara tells the tale of an epic struggle between two cousins for a cast estate and ranch in the Venezuelan llano, or prairie ... Published in 1929 and all but forgotten by Anglophone readers, Dona Barbara is one of the first examples of magical realism, laying the groundwork for later authors such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa.
In Venezuela, DonÌa Barbara is a beautiful and mysterious woman with a ferocious power over men-- it's even rumored she's a witch. She owns a ranch, the Altimara, but must struggle constantly to keep it. When her cousin Santos Luzardo returns to the plains in order to reclaim his land and cattle, he reluctantly faces off against DonÌa Barbara, and their battle becomes simultaneously one of violence and seduction.
