/College/translation/threepercent/2012/08/14/latest-review-dona-barbara-by-romulo-gallegos/ a resource for international literature at the University of Rochester Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:42:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.6 /College/translation/threepercent/2012/08/14/latest-review-dona-barbara-by-romulo-gallegos/#comment-7352 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 18:42:50 +0000 http://www.wdev.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent-dev/2012/08/14/latest-review-dona-barbara-by-romulo-gallegos/#comment-7352 […] Rómulo Gallegos, the first democratically elected President of Venezuela who wrote Doña Bárbara and other literary works – In Memoriam“���Ĵ�ý�The novel revolves around the llano, and its significance to two feuding cousins with vast ranching estates. Doña Barbara, a treacherously beautiful rancher has steadily expanded her estate over the years through her calculating manipulation and seduction of men, furthering her reputation as a witch with her nightly conversations with her ���Ĵ�ý�Partner,���Ĵ�ý� the devil. These corrupt dealings committed by Barbara and the mismanagement of land, wealth, and justice by government officials in the novel represent many of Gallegos���Ĵ�ý� criticisms against the Venezuelan dictatorship���Ĵ�ý�” ; […]

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