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Juana Manuela Gorriti
Juana Mauela Gorriti (1818-1892) is one of the outstanding women writers of nineteenth-century Argentina. She wrote in various genres from fiction and travelogues to cookbooks and essays and she edited…
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…
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A love story, ghost story and gothic horror rolled into one, this brilliant novella is now available in English for the first time, together with an introduction and explanatory notes.
La tierra natal, Juana Manuela Gorriti’s last major work, relates a physical journey through northern Argentina as well as a voyage back through her memories of the people and events…
Escrita en la Argentina que a fines del siglo XIX se lanzaba a una acelerada modernizacion, esta simple historia de amor envuelve una novela didactica sobre la vida del hombre…
Oasis en la vida is a melodramatic novel by the outstanding Argentine author Juana Manuela Gorriti. Published in 1888; it is a reflection on the financial hardship and struggles of…
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The actions in El pozo del Yocci take place during the permanent state of unrest that harrased the argentine northern provinces, sparked by the quarrels between federalists and unitarians during…
La tierra natal is a journey into the past, and also a farewell. Since 1831, when forced to follow her father into exile in Bolivia, Juana Manuela Gorriti had not…
In 1875, Juana Manuela Gorriti hurried to finish her new novel, Peregrinaciones de una alma triste, in order to include it in the two-volume collection, Panoramas de la vida, published…
Our Native Lane (La tierra natal), Juana Manuela Gorriti’s last major work, published in 1889, relates a physical journey through northern Argentina as well as a voyage back through her…
The year is 1838. Valentin de Avellaneda has been forced into exile in Uruguay with his wife and son by the blood-thirsty Argentine dictator, General Juan Manuel de Rosas, who…
