Manuela: A Novel of Colombian Customs

by Eugenio Díaz Castro, Carolina Riveros Ardila (Translator)

Considered the most important novel of the first years of the Colombian Republic, Manuela is a book that portrays the obstacles the Republic had, and still has, to national consolidation from the perspective of the dominated classes. Unlike María, Manuela has never been translate into English and lacks the recognition it deserves. This book embraces and emphasizes the value of local, oral, and popular discourse, and unlike María gives a bigger picture of the lower classes.

733 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 29, 2021