Name: The Slaughteryard
SKU: 57074090
Price: 542.00 TWD
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Author: Echeverria, Esteban ; Giovanni, Norman Thomas Di
ISBN: 9780007346738

Type

Physical Book

Author

Esteban Echeverría

Translated by

Norman Thomas Di Giovanni

Publisher

Friday Project

Language

English

Pages

176

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.1x11.9x1.5 cm

Weight

0.14 kg.

ISBN13

9780007346738

Synopsis "The Slaughteryard"

The first English translation of an Argentinean classic.Argentina, 1839. A young man dies for his political beliefs when attacked by a mob in a slaughteryard used to butcher cattle.The story takes place at the height of Juan Manuel de Rosas' reign of terror. Though fictional, it is an open indictment of that brutal regime and the first masterwork of Latin-American literature, orginally published twenty years after the author's death. El matadero, or The Slaughteryard, is reputed to be the most widely studied school text in Spanish-speaking South America.Available now for the first time in a modern English translation this is a story that in well over a century has lost none of its freshness and popularity. This edition is the fruit of years of research into little-known corners of Argentine literature and history, including an extensive glossary, the story's rare first printed version, and an appendix of reports by early English travellers to the River Plate, including Charles Darwin.This is an uncompromising and unforgettable story of huge force and power which richly deserves a wide English-speaking audience.

Esteban Echeverría

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José Esteban Echeverría Espinosa (Buenos Aires, September 2, 1805 - Montevideo, January 19, 1851) was an Argentine writer and poet who introduced Romanticism in his country. A member of the so-called Generation of '37, he is the author of works such as Socialist Dogma, The Captive, and The Slaughterhouse, among others.

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