{"product_id":"the-vortex-paperback-1","title":"The Vortex - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJosé Eustasio Rivera\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1924 and widely acknowledged as a major work of twentieth-century Latin American literature, Jos  Eustasio Rivera's \u003ci\u003eThe Vortex\u003c\/i\u003e follows the harrowing adventures of the young poet Arturo Cova and his lover Alicia as they flee Bogot  and head into the wild and woolly backcountry of Colombia. After being separated from Alicia, Arturo leaves the high plains for the jungle, where he witnesses firsthand the horrid conditions of those forced or tricked into tapping rubber trees. A story populated by con men, rubber barons, and the unrelenting landscape, \u003ci\u003eThe Vortex\u003c\/i\u003e is both a denunciation of the sensational human-rights abuses that took place during the Amazonian rubber boom and one of the most famous renderings of the natural environment in Latin American literary history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosé Eustasio Rivera (1889-1928) was a Colombian poet, novelist, and lawyer. \u003ci\u003eThe Vortex\u003c\/i\u003e is his best-known and most influential work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John Charles Chasteen is Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is the author and translator of numerous books.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722393849919,"sku":"9780822371106","price":43.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/98234aa4b855d454e608cee7fc68deda.webp?v=1765095607","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-vortex-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}