Juana Manuela Gorriti

• Dec-2003
• / General Fiction
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One of the most dramatic figures among Latin America's romantic writers and the distinguished woman writer of her century, Juana Manuela Gorriti brings passion and intrigue to the scene of writing. An exile from her native Argentina who sought refuge...

• Jun-2020
• / General Fiction
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Juana Manuela Gorriti was born in Argentina in 1814, in the province of Salta. Her father fought in the War of Independence but was forced into exile in Bolivia in 1831 under the Rosas dictatorship. Juana married an army officer who became the Bolivi...

• Jun-2021
• / Historical
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Our Native Lane (La tierra natal), Juana Manuela Gorriti's last major work, published in 1889, relates a physical journey through northern Argentina as well as a voyage back through her memories of the people and events she had known and experienced ...

• Oct-2023
• / Literary
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The year is 1838. Valentín de Avellaneda has been forced into exile in Uruguay with his wife and son by the blood-thirsty Argentine dictator, General Juan Manuel de Rosas, who has denounced him as a Unitarian savage. As the fugitive tries to esc...