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The Englishman of the Bones (novel)

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The Englishman of the Bones
First edition
AuthorBenito Lynch
Original titleEl inglés de los güesos
LanguageSpanish
GenreGaucho literature
PublisherCalpe
Publication date
1924
Publication placeArgentina
Media typePrint

The Englishman of the Bones (Spanish: El inglés de los güesos) is a 1924 Argentine novel by Benito Lynch. It is part of the Gaucho literature movement. A major theme of the novel is the cultural exchanges between the British and the Argentine characters.[1] In 1940 it was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen.

Synopsis

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A young English expert on fossils meets and has a relationship with a gaucho woman while he is investigating the remains of indigenous people in Argentina. When he leaves, she is overcome with despair and kills herself.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Huberman p.3
  2. ^ Torres-Rioseco p.163

Bibliography

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  • Huberman, Ariana. Gauchos and Foreigners: Glossing Culture and Identity in the Argentine Countryside. Lexington Books, 2010.
  • Torres-Rioseco, Arturo. The Epic of Latin American Literature. University of California Press, 1961.