The first openly feminist novel published in Spanish, Two Women tells the riveting tale of a tumultuous love triangle among a brilliant, young, widowed countess, her inexperienced lover, and his pure and virtuous wife. This first English translation captures the lyrical romanticism of the novel’s prose and includes a scholarly introduction to the author and her work.
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Höhe: 219 mm
Breite: 142 mm
Dicke: 28 mm
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978-1-68448-315-0 (9781684483150)
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GERTRUDIS GÓMEZ DE AVELLANEDA (1814-1873) is an acclaimed Romantic author who was born and raised in Cuba and spent most of her adult life in Spain. A highly successful playwright, novelist, and poet during her lifetime, through her works she waged an ardent campaign to promote social and economic equality for women.
BARBARA F. ICHIISHI is the author of The Apple of Earthly Love: Female Development in Esther Tusquets' Fiction, and the translator of many of Tusquets' major works. She has written articles on Spanish and Latin American women's literature, and co-translated Edouard Glissant's historical drama Monsieur Toussaint.
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Two Women by Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda
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