Rivera, Jose Eustasio

The Vortex: A Novel

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ISBN 13:: 9780822371106
author:: Rivera, Jose Eustasio
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Duke University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2018
Pages:: 240
Dimensions:: 22.61 x 15.24 x 2.03 centimetres
Genre:: Fiction & Literature, Literary Collections, History
Condition:: New
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The Vortex A Novel by José Eustasio Rivera Published in 1924, this novel is widely regarded as a major work of twentieth-century Latin American literature. It tells the story of Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia, who flee Bogotá for the wild backcountry of Colombia. As they journey deeper into the jungle, Arturo witnesses the harsh conditions faced by those forced or tricked into tapping rubber trees. The Vortex is a powerful denunciation of the human-rights abuses that took place during the Amazonian rubber boom, and it remains one of the most famous renderings of the natural environment in Latin American literary history. Set against the unforgiving landscape of Colombia's backcountry, this novel is both a harrowing tale of survival and a scathing critique of the exploitation of the natural world.

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