Martin Rivas

Klappentext Widely acknowledged as the first Chilean novel, Martin Rivas (1862) by Alberto Blest Gana (1830-1920) is at once a passionate love story and an optimistic representation of Chilean nationhood. Written shortly after a decade of civil conflict, it is an indispensable source for understanding politics and society in nineteenth-century Chile. Zusammenfassung The story of a youngster who is entrusted to the household of a member of the Santiago elite. While living there he falls in love with his guardian's daughter, and their love provides a commentary about the mores of Chilean society

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• Authors: Alberto Blest Gana, Alberto Blest Gana, Gana Alberto Blest, Tess O'Dwyer
• Assisted by: Jaime Concho (Editor), Jaime Concho (Introduction), Tess O'Dwyer (Translation), O'Dwyer Tess (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2000
• EAN: 9780195107142
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510714-2
• No. of pages: 442
• Series: Library of Latin America; Library of Latin America
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Classic fiction: literary and general