by Rómulo Gallegos · Austral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423919765
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«Doña Bárbara» is the novel by Venezuelan writer Rómulo Gallegos, published by Austral in paperback (416 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the Venezuelan plains, lawyer Santos Luzardo returns to his ranch to modernize it and clashes with Doña Bárbara, a powerful landowner who embodies the force of nature and deep-rooted customs. Their confrontation condenses the old conflict between civilization and barbarism, and from it also springs a love story.
This edition, prepared by José Carlos González Boixo, includes an introduction and bibliographic references. The volume belongs to the Contemporánea collection, Austral's Narrativa series.
For readers new to Latin American literature and students of twentieth-century narrative: a classic novel with accessible reading.
Rómulo Ángel del Monte Carmelo Gallegos Freire was a Venezuelan novelist and politician. In 1948, he became the first freely elected president in Venezuela's history. He was removed from power after only nine months by a military coup.
