by José Hernández · Agebe · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9789872056230
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«Martín Fierro» is an epic poem by José Hernández, published by Agebe in paperback (155 pages, in Spanish).
A landmark poem of gaucho literature: in its two parts, «El gaucho Martín Fierro» and «La vuelta de Martín Fierro», it follows a gaucho who goes from being recruited by the militias to deserter and fugitive. The lyrical, the satirical and the epic blend to portray the life, freedom, death and soul of the nineteenth-century Argentine gaucho.
The poem was originally published in two parts: «El gaucho Martín Fierro» (1872) and «La vuelta de Martín Fierro» (1879). This 2004 Agebe edition brings both parts together.
It is a work frequently read in schools and of interest to readers of gaucho literature and Argentine classics.
José Hernández was an Argentine journalist, poet, and politician best known as the author of the epic poem Martín Fierro. In his tribute, his birthday is celebrated in Argentina as a national holiday, called Tradition Day.
