by Ramón J. Sender, Pilar Úcar · Editorial Casals · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788421818404
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«La aventura equinoccial de Lope de Aguirre» is the historical novel by Ramón J. Sender and Pilar Úcar, published by Editorial Casals in paperback.
In the sixteenth century, a group of Spanish explorers led by the Basque Lope de Aguirre descends the Amazon obsessed with finding El Dorado. The Marañón jungle is a hostile territory that tests men's sanity, and the protagonist's ambition and rebelliousness end up shaping the expedition's course.
The work was originally published in 1964 and this 1998 edition is part of the NyC Clásicos collection as number 5. It includes an introduction and notes by Pilar Úcar.
Recommended for readers aged 14 and over interested in historical fiction and the history of the conquest of the Americas.
Ramón José Sender Garcés was a Spanish novelist, essayist and journalist. Several of his works were translated into English by the distinguished zoologist, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, including Seven Red Sundays , Mr Witt Among the Rebels and The War in Spain (Contraataque). He published articles in the Valencia-based Orto magazine between 1932 and 1934. During the Spanish Civil War Sender was among the contributors of El Mono Azul, a Republican literary magazine.
