An edition of Juan de la Rosa (1943)

Juan de la Rosa

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Juan de la Rosa
Nataniel Aguirre, Nataniel Agu ...
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An edition of Juan de la Rosa (1943)

Juan de la Rosa

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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 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 novel is narrated by one of the last surviving Bolivian rebels, octogenarian Juan de la Rosa. 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.

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Language
Spanish
Pages
320

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Juan de la Rosa: memorias del último soldado de la Independencia
2010, Vicepresidencia del Estado Plurinacional
in Spanish - Primera edición en esta colección.
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Juan de la Rosa (Large Print Edition)
June 26, 2007, BiblioBazaar
Paperback in Spanish
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Juan de la Rosa
June 26, 2007, BiblioBazaar
Paperback in Spanish
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Juan de la Rosa: memorias del último soldado de la Independencia
2005, Biblioteca Ayacucho
in Spanish
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Juan de la Rosa: Memoirs of the Last Soldier of the Independence Movement (Library of Latin America)
January 5, 1999, Oxford University Press, USA
in English
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Juan de la Rosa: memoirs of the last soldier of the independence movement : a novel
1998, Oxford University Press
in English
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Juan de la Rosa: memorias del último soldado de la Independencia
1991, Ediciones de Cultura Hispánica
in Spanish
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Juan de la Rosa
1987, Los Tiempos, Los Amigos del Libro
in Spanish
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Juan de la Rosa
1978, Casa de las Americas
in Spanish
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Juan de la Rosa
1978, Casa de las Américas
in Spanish
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Juan de la Rosa: memorias del ultimo soldado de la independencia.
1969, Los Amigos del Libro
in Spanish - 9th ed.
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Juan de la Rosa: memorias del último soldado de la independencia.
1964, Editorial Universitaria de Buenos Aires
in Spanish - [5. ed.
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Edition Notes

Published in
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Series
Biblioteca literatura boliviana

Classifications

Library of Congress
PQ7819.A53 J8x 1987

The Physical Object

Pagination
320 p. :
Number of pages
320

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2239148M
ISBN 10
8483701278
LCCN
89110149
OCLC/WorldCat
19390141

Excerpts

Rosita, the beautiful lacemaker whose memory is still preserved* by some of the old men and women in the Villa de Oropesa** who admired her unusual beauty, the kindness of her character, and the exquisite lacery that her hands produced, was the guardian angel of my blessed childhood.
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