Novel
El inglés de los güesos
Not translated into English
Benito Lynch · 1924
Synopsis
A young Englishman, a specialist in fossils, comes to Argentina to study the remains of the indigenous peoples, according to Britannica, which makes him an anthropologist. He settles at an estancia in the countryside of Buenos Aires, near the lagoon of los Toros, where Balbina, an impetuous and abrupt young girl, lives with her mother, doña Casiana, her brother Bartolo and her father, a skilled leather braider, according to Lecturalia. Around them, the hard life of the peasants is made up of rivalries, malice and jealousy. An attachment grows between the Englishman and Balbina.
Context
The novel appeared in 1924 from Calpe, and Britannica regards it as its author's best; he renewed the gaucho novel through a realism attentive to the psychology of ordinary people. A film was made from it in 1940 by Carlos Hugo Christensen; the author refused to attend the premiere, then went to see it in secret and was disappointed, according to Bañez. The book has been read above all for the cultural exchanges between the British and the Argentines.
Who it is for
A novel in Spanish, rooted in the rural life of the province; no known French translation.
Prizes and reception
Regarded by Britannica as its author's best novel, and adapted for the screen sixteen years after its publication.
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