La vorágine

Synopsis of La vorágine

«La vorágine» is the novel by Colombian writer José Eustasio Rivera, published by El Áncora Editores (294 pages, in Spanish).

Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia venture into the Amazon rainforest, where they face the exploitation of rubber, abuse by the bosses and a devastating nature. The novel denounces violence against rubber workers and human degradation through lyrical language and intense descriptions of the landscape.

This edition, dated 1997, falls under the Literature & Fiction category.

For readers of Latin American classics and novels with social criticism and nature as the central setting.