The Gaucho Juan Moreira: True Crime in Nineteenth-Century Argentina

ISBN-13: 9781624661365 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 160 str.

Gutierrez, Eduardo

Opis

Argentinian writer Eduardo Gutierrez (1851-1889) fashioned his seminal "gauchesque" novel from the prison records of the real Juan Moreira, a noble outlaw whose life and name became legendary in the Rio de la Plata during the late 19th century.

John Chasteen's fast-moving, streamlined translation--the first ever into English--captures all of the sweeping romance and knife-wielding excitement of the original. William Acree's introduction and notes situate "Juan Moreira" in its literary and historical contexts. Numerous illustrations, a map of Moreira s travels, a glossary of terms, and a select bibliography are all included."