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Martin Rivas : a novel / by Alberto Blest Gana ; translated from the Spanish by Tess O'Dwyer ; with an introduction by Jaime Concha.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blest Gana, Alberto, 1830-1920.
- Series:
- Library of Latin America.
- Library of Latin America
- Standardized Title:
- Martin Rivas. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chilean fiction--20th century--Translations into English.
- Chilean fiction.
- Young men--Chile--Fiction.
- Young men.
- Chile--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.
- Chile.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (442 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- 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. The hero of the story is Martin Rivas, an impoverished but ambitious youngster from the northern mining region of Chile, who is entrusted by his late father to the household of a wealthy and influential member of the Santiago elite. While living there, he fal
- Contents:
- Contents; Series Editors' General Introduction; Introduction; Martín Rivas
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-993890-3
- 1-280-76098-2
- 0-19-802668-4
- OCLC:
- 252641312
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