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José Eustasio Rivera

Born

in Neiva, Huila, Colombia

February 19, 1888

Died

December 01, 1928

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Modernismo

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José Eustasio Rivera Salas was a Colombian lawyer and poet primarily known for his national epic The Vortex.

After a failed attempt to be elected for the senate, he was appointed Legal Secretary of the Colombo-Venezuelan Border Commission to determine the limits with Venezuela, there he had the opportunity to travel through the Colombian jungles, rivers, and mountains, giving him a first hand experience of the subjects he would later write. Disappointed with the lack of resources offered by his government for his trip, he abandoned the commission and continued travelling on his own.

In this venture he became familiar with life in the Colombian plains and with problems related to the extraction of rubber in the Amazon jungle, a matter that wou ...more

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Average rating: 3.82 · 3,942 ratings · 462 reviews · 31 distinct works • Similar authors

	La vorágine by José Eustasio Rivera, Montserrat Ordóñez (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 3,765 ratings — published 1924 — 179 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La vorágine / Tierra de promisión 4.47 avg rating — 58 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Vorágine: Primera edición 1924 (Espejo de agua) 4.25 avg rating — 51 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tierra de promisión by José Eustasio Rivera, William Ospina (Contributor) 4.18 avg rating — 34 ratings — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Winged Man 2.86 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Vorágine: Edición Centenaria by José Eustasio Rivera, Sanders Lois Lozano Solano (foreword) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La voragine novela por jose eustasio rivera prologo de calvert casey coleccion literatura latinoamericana casa de las americas habana cuba 1966 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La vorágine: Una edición cosmográfica by José Eustasio Rivera, Margarita Serje, Erna Von Der Walde really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gloria a Dios: Hacedlo todo para la gloria de Dios (I Cor 10, 31) (Cuadernos de espiritualidad ; no. 4) (Spanish Edition) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1975	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Voragine (Biblioteca Clasica y Contemporanea, Vol 94) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Dear Claire, "What" and "If" are two words as non-threatening as words can be. But put them together side-by-side and they have the power to haunt you for the rest of your life: What if? What if? What if? I don't know how your story ended but if what you felt then was true love, then it's never too late. If it was true then, why wouldn't it be true now? You need only the courage to follow your heart. I don't know what a love like Juliet's feels like - love to leave loved ones for, love to cross oceans for but I'd like to believe if I ever were to feel it, that I will have the courage to seize it. And, Claire, if you didn't, I hope one day that you will. All my love, Juliet”
― Jose Rivera, Tim Sullivan

tags: letter-to-juliet

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“¡Maldita sea mi estrella aciaga, que ni en vida ni en muerte se dieron cuenta de que yo tenía corazón!”
― José Eustasio Rivera, La vorágine

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“un fátum implacable nos expatriaba, sin otro delito que el de ser rebeldes, sin otra mengua que la de ser infortunados.”
― José Eustasio Rivera, La vorágine

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