{"product_id":"the-vortex-paperback-5","title":"The Vortex - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJos? Eustasio Rivera\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVictor Meadowcroft\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Hahn\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The most influential Colombian novel before Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez.\"--\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new translation of a Latin American classic, Jos? Eustasio Rivera's \u003cem\u003eThe Vortex\u003c\/em\u003e follows the young poet Arturo Cova and his lover, Alicia, as they elope from Bogot? and embark on an adventure through Colombia's varied and magical landscapes. When Alicia--pregnant, jealous, and more than a little fed up--disappears, it's up to Arturo, and his unstoppable ego, to follow and win her back. From the cattle ranches of the llanos to the dense jungle of the rainforest, accompanied by hucksters, cowboys, desperate souls, and a terrifying tide of ants, Arturo pursues his bride-to-be, and becomes an inadvertent witness to the appalling conditions suffered by workers forced or tricked into tapping rubber trees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInventive, funny, and wildly prescient about the human and environmental costs of extractive systems, \u003cem\u003eThe Vortex\u003c\/em\u003e is both a denunciation of the horrific human-rights abuses that took place during the Amazonian rubber boom, and one of most enduring renderings of the natural environment in Latin American literature. 100 years after its publication, it remains full of verve, and ready to inspire and delight a new generation of readers and writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJosé Eustasio Rivera\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in the municipality of San Mateo (now renamed Rivera in his honour), Colombia, on 19 February, 1888, and died on 1 December, 1928 in New York. A lawyer and poet, he is best known for his major work \u003cem\u003eLa vorágine\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Vortex\u003c\/em\u003e ), published in 1924 and considered one of the most important novels in Latin American literary history. Despite being born into rural poverty, he was able to study and eventually earned a doctorate in law in 1922. He was appointed secretary of the Colombian-Venezuelan Border Commission, and embarked on an expedition to the Orinoco-Amazon jungle, where he came face-to-face with the poverty of the rubber tappers and the barbarism that plagued the territory. This experience was the inspiration for the characters he would go on to describe in \u003cem\u003eThe Vortex\u003c\/em\u003e, published upon his return to Bogotá in 1924. After representing Colombia at an international congress in Havana in 1928, he moved to New York with the intention of setting up a publishing house, printing a new edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Vortex\u003c\/em\u003e, and getting it translated into English. That same winter, Rivera fell ill and was admitted to hospital on the verge of a coma. He died suddenly, without his illness being diagnosed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaniel Hahn\u003c\/strong\u003e is a writer, editor and translator with over one hundred books to his name. His translations (from Portuguese, Spanish and French) include fiction from Europe, Africa and the Americas and non-fiction by writers ranging from Portuguese Nobel laureate José Saramago to Brazilian footballer Pelé. Recent books include the new \u003cem\u003eOxford Companion to Children's Literature\u003c\/em\u003e and translations of Julián Fuks' \u003cem\u003eResistance\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOccupation\u003c\/em\u003e . He is a former chair of the Society of Authors and is presently on the board of a number of organisations that deal with literature, literacy, translation and free expression. In 2021 Daniel was made an OBE for his services to literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 331\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47261892018425,"sku":"9781913867980","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/jgGEJ4O3lV9781913867980_89ac0d61-1c97-4453-903a-1209512b5f93.webp?v=1768803144","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-vortex-paperback-5","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}