Do?a Barbara - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226279206ISBN-10:226279200UPC:9780226279206Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, LiterarySize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCYSNKCJWX
Do?a Barbara
R?mulo 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 Do?a Barbara. Published in 1929 and all but forgotten by Anglophone readers, Do?a Barbara is one of the first examples of magical realism, laying the groundwork for later authors such as...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226279206ISBN-10:226279200UPC:9780226279206Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, LiterarySize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCYSNKCJWX
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.
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