Facundo by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento

"Sarmiento's Facundo remains a foundational work for the traditions of Latin American fiction and historiography, and so an essential book for English language North Americans also, at least for those not content to abide in ignorance of an ongoing common destiny. Roberto González Echevarría, the leading critic of Hispanic literature, powerfully introduces the sensitive translation by Kathleen Ross. Sarmiento's High Romantic vision created the myth of the gaucho and his death drive, fascinatingly at some variance with Sarmiento's own vitalistic nuancing of his saga."--Harold Bloom, author of The Western Canon, Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human, and Genius: A Mosaic of On Hundred Exemplary Minds "Publishing this book in a new translation is a historic event in itself. Sarmiento's epic Facundo is more than one of the Western Hemisphere's most important literary works; it epitomizes the meaning of 'classic.' The translator, Kathleen Ross, has captured the epic majesty and metaphoric power of Sarmiento's prose."--Jeremy Adelman, Princeton University

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The 25th greatest nonfiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 5th on Biblioteca (Argentina)
  2. - 69th on The 100 Best Books of World Literature (ABC.es)
  3. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)

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Vida de Juan Facundo Quiroga. Civilización y barbarie (Memoria) (Spanish Edition) Hardcover 6201368 $14.04 $14.09 2010
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Vida de Juan Facundo Quiroga. Civilización y barbarie (Historia nº 378) (Spanish Edition) Kindle Edition 514843 2010
By Domingo Faustino Sarmiento - Facundo: Civilization and Barbarism: 1st (first) Edition Paperback 16082175 $46.95 $4.48 2005
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Facundo (Spanish Edition) Paperback 6932088 $24.29 $102.00 2009
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Facundo (Spanish Edition) (Clasicos Elegidos / Chosen Classics) Hardcover 5565330 $22.77 $22.76 2006
Civilisation Et Barbarie: Moeurs, Coutumes, Caractères Des Peuples Argentins. Facundo Quiroga Et Aldao (French Edition) Paperback 15138881 $36.00 $35.94 2010
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Facundo (Letras Hispanicas) (Spanish Edition) Paperback 1391341 $16.67 $9.53 2005