Facundo Civilization and Barbarism [Paperback]

A classic work of Latin American literature, Domingo SarmientosFacundohas become an integral part of the history, politics, and culture of Latin America since its first publication in 1845. Partially translated into English when it was first published, this foundational text appears here for the first time in its entirety.

An educator and writer, Sarmiento was President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874. HisFacundois a study of the Argentine character, a prescription for the modernization of Latin America, and a protest against the tyranny of the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas (18351852). The book brings nineteenth-century Latin American history to life even as it raises questions still being debated todayquestions regarding the civilized city versus the barbaric countryside, the treatment of indigenous and African populations, and the classically liberal plan of modernization.Facundoscelebrated and frequently anthologized portraits of thecaudilloJuan Facundo Quiroga and other colorful characters give readers an exhilarating sense of Argentine culture in the making.

Kathleen Rosss translation renders Sarmientos passionate prose into English with all its richness intact, allowing the English-language reader the full experience ofFacundosintensity and historical reach.

Kathleen Ross,Associate Professor of Spanish at New York University, is the author ofThe Baroque Narrative of Carlos de Sig?enza y G?ngora(1994), co-editor ofScents of Wood and Silence: Short Stories by Latin American Women Writers(1991), and the translator of works by C?sar Vallejo, Roque Dalton, Julieta Campos and others.Roberto Gonz?lez Echevarr?ais Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literatures at Yale University

Sarmiento'sFacundoremains a foundational work for the traditions of Latin American fiction and historiography, and so an essential book for English ll³‡