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Juan de la Rosa: Memoirs of the Last Soldier of the Independence Movement
Long considered a classic in Bolivia, Juan de la Rosa tells the story of a young boy's coming of age during the violent and tumultuous years of Bolivia's struggle for independence. Indeed, in this remarkable novel, Juan's search for his personal identity functions as an allegory of
Bolivia's search for its identity as a nation.
Set in the early 1800s, this remarkable novel is narrated by one of the last surviving Bolivian rebels, octogenarian Juan de la Rosa. He commits his memories to paper in order to pass on that uniquely personal understanding of the past "with which serious historians never busy themselves."
Juan recreates his childhood in the rebellious town of Cochabamba, and with it a large cast of full-bodied, Dickensian characters both heroic and malevolent, from Juan's wise and self-sacrificing tutor, Brother Justo, to the ruthless colonial general Goyeneche. The larger cultural dislocations
brought about by Bolivia's political upheaval are echoed in those experienced by Juan, whose mother's untimely death sets off a chain of unpredictable events that propel him into the fiery crucible of the South American Independence Movement. Outraged by Juan's outspokenness against Spanish rule and
his awakening political consciousness, his loyalist guardians banish him to the countryside, where he witnesses firsthand the Spaniards' violent repression and rebels' valiant resistance that crystallize both his personal destiny and that of his country.
Few novels combine historical scholarship, operatic drama, comic detail, and political fervor so seamlessly. In Sergio Gabriel Waisman's fluid translation, English readers have access to Juan de la Rosa for the very first time.
Bolivia's search for its identity as a nation.
Set in the early 1800s, this remarkable novel is narrated by one of the last surviving Bolivian rebels, octogenarian Juan de la Rosa. He commits his memories to paper in order to pass on that uniquely personal understanding of the past "with which serious historians never busy themselves."
Juan recreates his childhood in the rebellious town of Cochabamba, and with it a large cast of full-bodied, Dickensian characters both heroic and malevolent, from Juan's wise and self-sacrificing tutor, Brother Justo, to the ruthless colonial general Goyeneche. The larger cultural dislocations
brought about by Bolivia's political upheaval are echoed in those experienced by Juan, whose mother's untimely death sets off a chain of unpredictable events that propel him into the fiery crucible of the South American Independence Movement. Outraged by Juan's outspokenness against Spanish rule and
his awakening political consciousness, his loyalist guardians banish him to the countryside, where he witnesses firsthand the Spaniards' violent repression and rebels' valiant resistance that crystallize both his personal destiny and that of his country.
Few novels combine historical scholarship, operatic drama, comic detail, and political fervor so seamlessly. In Sergio Gabriel Waisman's fluid translation, English readers have access to Juan de la Rosa for the very first time.
368 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1885
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August 20, 2020
I can’t recall how this novel came to my attention. I made a note of it some time ago, and it recently came to the top of my pile by whatever mysterious decision-making process goes on in my brain. I rarely plan my reading and whenever I finish a book I choose my next one almost at random from my TBR list. I read the English language translation of this Spanish language original.
Despite its title, this is a novel, published in 1885 and considered a classic of 19th century Latin American literature. The idea is that the eponymous narrator is an elderly man, born in 1800 and setting down the story of how he witnessed the Bolivian War of Independence from 1810 to 1824. The author, Nataniel Aguirre, had been a participant in the War of the Pacific (1879-1883) in which Bolivia had been defeated by Chile, and it seemed to me he was trying to lesson the pain of that defeat by harking back to a nobler time in his country’s history. At several points the fictional narrator breaks off to lament how the Bolivians of the 1880s have lost the love of country that their predecessors possessed. Another aspect that jumped out at me was the author’s ambivalent attitude to Bolivia’s Indian population. In the book they are marginal to the story, and the author scarcely refers to them without an accompanying adjective, such as “the poor Indians” or “the brutish Indians”. Then again, the narrator is the offspring of a criollo – a South American of Spanish descent – and a mestiza, a woman of mixed European and Indian ancestry. At several points the narrator refers to conversations in the Quechua language, and there are frequent references to Quechua folk songs. That surprised me.
At the beginning of the novel young Juan is living alone with his mother, and does not know his father’s identity. Later he gets packed off to live with an aristocratic woman, Doña Teresa, who is a sort of Cruella de Vil figure. Towards the end Juan finds out about his family and his relationship to Doña Teresa. I found that section one of the better parts of the novel.
About halfway through the book we had only reached the year 1812, and I began to wonder when we might move away from Juan’s boyhood days. At this point I read the community reviews and learned that the novel was just the first in an intended trilogy, but Nataniel Aguirre died in 1888 at the age of only 44, so this book only covers Juan’s childhood. There are some hints about what became of him later.
On starting the novel I wondered whether I might find the language too antiquated. In the event that wasn’t an issue, I found the book an easy enough read. However, as was common at the time, the author went heavy on the melodrama. When a friend tells Juan of a defeat suffered by the pro-independence forces, “his words were like bullets to me”. After Juan’s home city (Cochabamba) is occupied by the Spanish Army, he awakes the next morning with his pillow, “soaking wet with the tears I shed in the night”. Another issue for me was the portrayal of the two sides in the conflict. Obviously the story favours the independence movement, but in the book its fighters are almost all impossibly noble and courageous, whilst the Spaniards are cartoonishly malevolent. It made it hard to accept the characters as realistic, and my own enjoyment of the book was limited.
Quite interesting though as an example of its time and place. 2.5 stars rounded up.
Despite its title, this is a novel, published in 1885 and considered a classic of 19th century Latin American literature. The idea is that the eponymous narrator is an elderly man, born in 1800 and setting down the story of how he witnessed the Bolivian War of Independence from 1810 to 1824. The author, Nataniel Aguirre, had been a participant in the War of the Pacific (1879-1883) in which Bolivia had been defeated by Chile, and it seemed to me he was trying to lesson the pain of that defeat by harking back to a nobler time in his country’s history. At several points the fictional narrator breaks off to lament how the Bolivians of the 1880s have lost the love of country that their predecessors possessed. Another aspect that jumped out at me was the author’s ambivalent attitude to Bolivia’s Indian population. In the book they are marginal to the story, and the author scarcely refers to them without an accompanying adjective, such as “the poor Indians” or “the brutish Indians”. Then again, the narrator is the offspring of a criollo – a South American of Spanish descent – and a mestiza, a woman of mixed European and Indian ancestry. At several points the narrator refers to conversations in the Quechua language, and there are frequent references to Quechua folk songs. That surprised me.
At the beginning of the novel young Juan is living alone with his mother, and does not know his father’s identity. Later he gets packed off to live with an aristocratic woman, Doña Teresa, who is a sort of Cruella de Vil figure. Towards the end Juan finds out about his family and his relationship to Doña Teresa. I found that section one of the better parts of the novel.
About halfway through the book we had only reached the year 1812, and I began to wonder when we might move away from Juan’s boyhood days. At this point I read the community reviews and learned that the novel was just the first in an intended trilogy, but Nataniel Aguirre died in 1888 at the age of only 44, so this book only covers Juan’s childhood. There are some hints about what became of him later.
On starting the novel I wondered whether I might find the language too antiquated. In the event that wasn’t an issue, I found the book an easy enough read. However, as was common at the time, the author went heavy on the melodrama. When a friend tells Juan of a defeat suffered by the pro-independence forces, “his words were like bullets to me”. After Juan’s home city (Cochabamba) is occupied by the Spanish Army, he awakes the next morning with his pillow, “soaking wet with the tears I shed in the night”. Another issue for me was the portrayal of the two sides in the conflict. Obviously the story favours the independence movement, but in the book its fighters are almost all impossibly noble and courageous, whilst the Spaniards are cartoonishly malevolent. It made it hard to accept the characters as realistic, and my own enjoyment of the book was limited.
Quite interesting though as an example of its time and place. 2.5 stars rounded up.
September 21, 2016
Juan de la Rosa es un libro que cuenta las experiencias de Juan, un niño que se vio influenciado por las ideas independistas de Bolivia inculcado por la sociedad de ese tiempo y especialmente por su maestro, el fray Justo.
Todo el relato tiene lugar en Cochabamba, donde Juan tiene la oportunidad de ver y escuchar a muchos de los héroes de la independencia boliviana. Entre los muchos héroes históricos mencionados y descritos, están Murillo, Arze, Calatayud, las heroínas de la Coronilla y otros mas.
Este libro es uno de los libros bolivianos mas interesantes y amenos que he leído hasta el momento. Desafortunadamente este libro fue pensado en ser parte de una tetralogía, cosa que no tuvo lugar y me dejo con las ganas de seguir leyendo las experiencias que tuvo Juan en el resto de su vida. Realmente me hubiese encantado saber sus experiencias cuando Bolivar y Sucre lucharon por la definitiva independencia boliviana.
Este libro se lo recomiendo a cualquier persona que tenga conocimiento de la historia de Bolivia en la época de la colonia. Encontré esta pagina de la Wikipedia que te la recomiendo leer antes que leas este libro, para entender y disfrutar mucho más los relatos de Juan: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revoluc...
Todo el relato tiene lugar en Cochabamba, donde Juan tiene la oportunidad de ver y escuchar a muchos de los héroes de la independencia boliviana. Entre los muchos héroes históricos mencionados y descritos, están Murillo, Arze, Calatayud, las heroínas de la Coronilla y otros mas.
Este libro es uno de los libros bolivianos mas interesantes y amenos que he leído hasta el momento. Desafortunadamente este libro fue pensado en ser parte de una tetralogía, cosa que no tuvo lugar y me dejo con las ganas de seguir leyendo las experiencias que tuvo Juan en el resto de su vida. Realmente me hubiese encantado saber sus experiencias cuando Bolivar y Sucre lucharon por la definitiva independencia boliviana.
Este libro se lo recomiendo a cualquier persona que tenga conocimiento de la historia de Bolivia en la época de la colonia. Encontré esta pagina de la Wikipedia que te la recomiendo leer antes que leas este libro, para entender y disfrutar mucho más los relatos de Juan: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revoluc...
May 11, 2025
Cada vez que visitaba a mis abuelos en la ciudad de Cochabamba, escuchaba cómo daban las direcciones de la casa: esquina Nataniel Aguirre y Montes.
Al encontrarme con este libro y ver el nombre del autor, una serie de flashbacks de mi infancia vinieron a mi memoria y supe que estaba obligado a comprarlo. Haber vivido en la calle que lleva el nombre de un escritor y jamás haber leído alguna de sus obras es prácticamente como vivir en tu país y no saberte el himno.
Entiendo por qué ha sido una novela tan famosa y por qué todavía se conserva bien para estos tiempos en cuestiones de narrativa. Es bastante descriptiva en sus paisajes y, si uno conoce los lugares a los que hace referencia el autor, puede cerrar los ojos y sentirlos con la mayor vivacidad, todo esto sin menoscabar la simplicidad de la narración, les prometo que los diálogos llegan a ser bastante amenos, fáciles de leer.
Ahora, entrando ya sobre la novela, Juan de la Rosa nos relata sus memorias de joven durante los primeros levantamientos en la ciudad de Cochabamba, vividos desde los recuerdos de un humilde niño criollo.
Durante ciertos lapsos, resulta un poco tediosa: tanta descripción y detallismo en una historia que avanza lentamente. Hablando de la historia, algo que quiero recalcar, y me parece una genialidad, es cómo el autor rompe la cuarta pared con secciones como:
“He tenido que interrumpir mi historia y llamar a grito a Merceditas, como habéis visto; porque la cólera me sofocaba. Pero ya estoy tranquilo, voy a continuar."
No soy un experto, pero me parece que, para su época, estos detalles habrán sido de lo más innovadores, y realmente se aprecian durante la lectura.
Prosiguiendo: a partir del primer tercio del libro hasta casi el final, la historia se estanca, evoluciona muy poco y nos presenta una serie de capítulos que no aportan mucho.
Finalmente, hay que hablar del final, donde creo que se encuentra el verdadero valor de esta obra. Jamás me hubiera imaginado que una novela del siglo XIX, cuyo eje es el retrato de un suceso histórico, pudiera tener un plottwist tan inesperado y disfrutable.
Las últimas páginas son 100% bolivianas: trágicas sin más, que retratan muy bien la experiencia de vida de muchos bolivianos (como boliviano, puedo confirmar que es bastante trágica).
¿Recomendaría el libro? La verdad, no. Al menos no si la intención es solo explorar literatura boliviana. Creo que es una buena obra, pero demanda paciencia e interés real para no dejarla a medio camino, sugeriría explorar primero (por ejemplo) raza de bronce o el último filo. No obstante, considero a Juan de la Rosa como una obra cumbre.
Al encontrarme con este libro y ver el nombre del autor, una serie de flashbacks de mi infancia vinieron a mi memoria y supe que estaba obligado a comprarlo. Haber vivido en la calle que lleva el nombre de un escritor y jamás haber leído alguna de sus obras es prácticamente como vivir en tu país y no saberte el himno.
Entiendo por qué ha sido una novela tan famosa y por qué todavía se conserva bien para estos tiempos en cuestiones de narrativa. Es bastante descriptiva en sus paisajes y, si uno conoce los lugares a los que hace referencia el autor, puede cerrar los ojos y sentirlos con la mayor vivacidad, todo esto sin menoscabar la simplicidad de la narración, les prometo que los diálogos llegan a ser bastante amenos, fáciles de leer.
Ahora, entrando ya sobre la novela, Juan de la Rosa nos relata sus memorias de joven durante los primeros levantamientos en la ciudad de Cochabamba, vividos desde los recuerdos de un humilde niño criollo.
Durante ciertos lapsos, resulta un poco tediosa: tanta descripción y detallismo en una historia que avanza lentamente. Hablando de la historia, algo que quiero recalcar, y me parece una genialidad, es cómo el autor rompe la cuarta pared con secciones como:
“He tenido que interrumpir mi historia y llamar a grito a Merceditas, como habéis visto; porque la cólera me sofocaba. Pero ya estoy tranquilo, voy a continuar."
No soy un experto, pero me parece que, para su época, estos detalles habrán sido de lo más innovadores, y realmente se aprecian durante la lectura.
Prosiguiendo: a partir del primer tercio del libro hasta casi el final, la historia se estanca, evoluciona muy poco y nos presenta una serie de capítulos que no aportan mucho.
Finalmente, hay que hablar del final, donde creo que se encuentra el verdadero valor de esta obra. Jamás me hubiera imaginado que una novela del siglo XIX, cuyo eje es el retrato de un suceso histórico, pudiera tener un plottwist tan inesperado y disfrutable.
Las últimas páginas son 100% bolivianas: trágicas sin más, que retratan muy bien la experiencia de vida de muchos bolivianos (como boliviano, puedo confirmar que es bastante trágica).
¿Recomendaría el libro? La verdad, no. Al menos no si la intención es solo explorar literatura boliviana. Creo que es una buena obra, pero demanda paciencia e interés real para no dejarla a medio camino, sugeriría explorar primero (por ejemplo) raza de bronce o el último filo. No obstante, considero a Juan de la Rosa como una obra cumbre.
April 17, 2025
Quizá es un poco complicada de leer para el lector casual (me incluyo) pero pues la historia es bastante buena. Quizá necesites tener el navegador abierto para buscar algunos términos cosa que puede ser bastante molesto a veces pero bah es un buen libro dentro de todo.
July 16, 2019
A linchpin of Bolivian History
When delving into international literature, one often encounters works that are difficult to get caught up in as, sometimes with even the best translation, concepts get lost when rendered into English from the native language.
This was not the case with Juan de La Rosa: Memoirs of the Last Soldier of the Independence Movement which tells the story of a young boy caught up in the South American revolution against Spain led by Simon Bolivar which led to the independence of most nations of the continent. In this case, these were events specifically centered in the region formerly known as Upper Peru near the city of Cochabamba which later became part of the Republic of Bolivia.
Inspired by the events of the North American English colonies of the late 18th Century, many people of South America, particularly those of indigenous and mixed raced ancestry, were inspired to rise up against Spain in their own independence bids. Numerous bloody wars were fought all around the continent, some of the most bloody in the Altiplano of Upper Peru where the narrator tells his own story of a poor child raised by a sickly mother and the tragic experience of being taken into a home where he is not wanted. Raised and educated by priests who played a pivotal role on both sides of the Revolution, the main character retells the events that took place in Cochabamba that are central to Bolivian independence identity.
Facing the most powerful Army of the last 400 years, the peasants and indigenous revolutionaries were outgunned and outmanned from the beginning and yet, despite the lopsided contests and devastating losses, the underdogs eventually prevailed.
Author Nataniel Aguirre was himself very involved in the movement and became an important character in Bolivian governance. Considered the linchpin in Bolivian history and literature, Juan de la Casa is engrossing and somewhat teasing lovingly translated and meticulously footnoted so that you can get a deeper understanding of the people and places central to Bolivia's struggle for independence and preservation of Quechua identity.
When delving into international literature, one often encounters works that are difficult to get caught up in as, sometimes with even the best translation, concepts get lost when rendered into English from the native language.
This was not the case with Juan de La Rosa: Memoirs of the Last Soldier of the Independence Movement which tells the story of a young boy caught up in the South American revolution against Spain led by Simon Bolivar which led to the independence of most nations of the continent. In this case, these were events specifically centered in the region formerly known as Upper Peru near the city of Cochabamba which later became part of the Republic of Bolivia.
Inspired by the events of the North American English colonies of the late 18th Century, many people of South America, particularly those of indigenous and mixed raced ancestry, were inspired to rise up against Spain in their own independence bids. Numerous bloody wars were fought all around the continent, some of the most bloody in the Altiplano of Upper Peru where the narrator tells his own story of a poor child raised by a sickly mother and the tragic experience of being taken into a home where he is not wanted. Raised and educated by priests who played a pivotal role on both sides of the Revolution, the main character retells the events that took place in Cochabamba that are central to Bolivian independence identity.
Facing the most powerful Army of the last 400 years, the peasants and indigenous revolutionaries were outgunned and outmanned from the beginning and yet, despite the lopsided contests and devastating losses, the underdogs eventually prevailed.
Author Nataniel Aguirre was himself very involved in the movement and became an important character in Bolivian governance. Considered the linchpin in Bolivian history and literature, Juan de la Casa is engrossing and somewhat teasing lovingly translated and meticulously footnoted so that you can get a deeper understanding of the people and places central to Bolivia's struggle for independence and preservation of Quechua identity.
January 3, 2018
This is the definitive novel of the 1800-1820 of the Bolivian (upper Peru) struggle for independence and was written in 1885. It is in the form of a retrospective memoir of a boy born around the turn of the century; although his teacher father Justo and Dona Theresa get to have their reported speech tales of later events too. The narrator is an orphan foundling looked after within a criollo royalist sympathetic family. We get the view of the indigenous people and mulattos experiencing the bad side of colonialism as the boy gets involved on the revolutionary side; it embraces ideas of the rights of man, enlightment and independence – there’s often Latin and local dialect Quechua symbolism/quotes in the narrative. The pivotal events mainly centre on the ruthless revolutionary suppressor Goyeneche in Huaqui.
This is a different sort of Latin American novel and the detailed memoir style with the deeper insight into that particular revolutionary world makes this a worthy read indeed.
This is a different sort of Latin American novel and the detailed memoir style with the deeper insight into that particular revolutionary world makes this a worthy read indeed.
November 24, 2025
mostly 1 star because i could not, for the life of me, stand the narrator. he was like some kind of damn little lord fauntleroy, could do no wrong, anyone who hates him is an evil monster 🤢
CWs: anti Black & anti Indigenous racism
CWs: anti Black & anti Indigenous racism
March 15, 2022
Considerado un clásico de la literatura de Bolivia, la novela histórica Juan de la Rosa de Nataniel Aguirre (1985) presenta una visión de un testigo de las batallas, lo que los historiadores apenas hablan y que marcaron la guerra de Independencia de Bolivia.
A nombre de viva la Patria, la novela romantiza la revolución.
Acá tenemos un diario de un patriota en formación (Juan un niño de 11 años), que nos ayuda recordar la lucha de un pueblo y que rodeado de gente que sacrifico su vida por esa aspiración de libertad, reconoce que el anhelo de libertad no puede ser erradicado, incluso si no resulta o ve atisbos de victoria.
La obra nos permite experimentar en primera fila los efectos de las proclamaciones, los actos revolucionarios y los tormentos de los guerrilleros, matizado por una narración con elementos costumbristas, bastantes descriptivos (a veces demasiado) y que conllevan una emotividad, un resentimiento, valentía, injusticia.
La novela incita al patriotismo (aunque tiene muchos prejuicios sociales de su época) y promueve a las nuevas generaciones el santo amor a la patria (de hecho me hizo apreciar la falta de importancia que le doy a los monumentos conmemorativos).
A nombre de viva la Patria, la novela romantiza la revolución.
Acá tenemos un diario de un patriota en formación (Juan un niño de 11 años), que nos ayuda recordar la lucha de un pueblo y que rodeado de gente que sacrifico su vida por esa aspiración de libertad, reconoce que el anhelo de libertad no puede ser erradicado, incluso si no resulta o ve atisbos de victoria.
La obra nos permite experimentar en primera fila los efectos de las proclamaciones, los actos revolucionarios y los tormentos de los guerrilleros, matizado por una narración con elementos costumbristas, bastantes descriptivos (a veces demasiado) y que conllevan una emotividad, un resentimiento, valentía, injusticia.
La novela incita al patriotismo (aunque tiene muchos prejuicios sociales de su época) y promueve a las nuevas generaciones el santo amor a la patria (de hecho me hizo apreciar la falta de importancia que le doy a los monumentos conmemorativos).
June 22, 2022
Livro útil para entender um pouco da história da independência da Bolívia e, no meu caso, para praticar espanhol. Todavia, o livro segue o estilo romântico e a leitura muitas vezes é cansativa.
September 8, 2024
Pues lo encontré en unos estantes y como estaba con mi bloqueo de lector lo leí para pasar el rato y pues no niego que sea un "clasico" en Bolivia por su historia de la época antes de la independencia pero me costó mucho conectar con el libro por ser un libro que no desarrolla nada a sus personajes y su narrativa puede llegar a ser cansada por otro lado parece que el libro no llega a algún clímax solo tiene destellos de momento que pueden ser interesantes pero si detienen en seco sin buscar más, tengo vez sea porque estaba pensado para ser una saga pero no supo llegar a ningún lado que realmente lo destaque como un buen libro.
3 cochalos pendejos de 10
3 cochalos pendejos de 10
February 1, 2022
Un poco pesado al principio, cuando llegué a los 70% más o menos el ritmo aceleró muchísimo! Me encantaron los personajes y cómo el autor me llevó a Bolivia casi independiente. Mi queja más grande es como termina… siento que falta mucho? Tal vez es la intención del autor, pero como solo encontré a este libro en una librería mexicana en línea, tengo algo de miedo que no es el libro completo. Aún así, una historia recomendable.
August 13, 2014
The edition that I read many years ago, while I still lived in my native country of Bolivia is:
SBN 8483701278
Publisher: Los Tiempos, Los Amigos del Libro, 1987
Cochambamba, Bolivia: Los Tiempos, Los Amigos del Libro. Spanish text.
Unfortunately, I do not find this exact edition here in Goodreads. I will read it. It will be interesting to see how I “read” it today.
SBN 8483701278
Publisher: Los Tiempos, Los Amigos del Libro, 1987
Cochambamba, Bolivia: Los Tiempos, Los Amigos del Libro. Spanish text.
Unfortunately, I do not find this exact edition here in Goodreads. I will read it. It will be interesting to see how I “read” it today.
October 30, 2018
Obra clásica de la narrativa romántica de Bolivia.
Considero que su característica más destacable es el apasionante retrato del ambiente revolucionario de principios del XIX en Cochabamba (y por similitud, en Bolívia y en el resto de colonias luchando por su independencia).
Considero que su característica más destacable es el apasionante retrato del ambiente revolucionario de principios del XIX en Cochabamba (y por similitud, en Bolívia y en el resto de colonias luchando por su independencia).
February 8, 2022
Juan deixa no espaço escrito registrada as memórias do passado que busca orientar o futuro da nação boliviana firmado no modo de pensar e agir dos componentes do territórios, ou em especial, na forma de pensar de um habitante mestizo.
Novela costumbrista.
Novela costumbrista.
November 28, 2007
I'm hoping this was just a bad translation. I could not get past the first 100 pages.
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July 30, 2011Aunque es algo lento, tiene mucho valor como iniciador del civismo.
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July 14, 2020Me lo hicieron leer en el cole y enserio es muy malo
November 8, 2021
Un lindo libro, donde un joven huérfano y muy venido a menos fue capaz de lograr cosas importantes.
April 23, 2017
Bolivia
The most tender exquisite relationship between mother and son expressed in literature.
"It is sometimes good to speak to children as if they were grown adults. This is how they learn to think; that this is how they begin to seriously see life, where so many bitter trails and difficult battles await them."
The most tender exquisite relationship between mother and son expressed in literature.
"It is sometimes good to speak to children as if they were grown adults. This is how they learn to think; that this is how they begin to seriously see life, where so many bitter trails and difficult battles await them."
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