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1924 novel by José Eustasio Rivera This article is about the novel by José Eustasio Rivera. For other novels with the same name, see Vortex (disambiguation) § Books.
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The Vortex
First edition
AuthorJosé Eustasio Rivera
Original titleLa Vorágine
TranslatorEarle K. James
LanguageSpanish
GenreTelurismo, novel
Published1924 (Luis Tamayo y Cia.)
Publication placeColombia
Published in English2003
Madona Zoraida Ayram, known as 'la madona' in the novel, a rubber baroness of the time period. (1935)

The Vortex (Spanish: La Vorágine) is a novel written in 1924 by the Colombian author José Eustasio Rivera. It is set in at least three different bioregions of Colombia during the rubber boom. This novel narrates the adventures of Arturo Cova, a hot-headed proud chauvinist and his lover Alicia, as they elope from Bogotá, through the eastern plains and later, escaping from criminal misgivings, through the Amazon rainforest of Colombia.

In this way Rivera is able to describe the magic of these regions, with their rich biodiversity, and the lifestyle of the inhabitants. However, one of the main objectives of the novel is to reveal the appalling conditions that workers in the rubber factories experience. La Vorágine also introduces the reader to the tremendous hardship of enduring the overwhelming and adverse environment of the rainforest, as the protagonists (Arturo Cova and Alicia) get lost and are unable to be found. As the book says: ¡Los devoró la selva! (literally, "The jungle devoured them!").

The novel is written in an elegant and refined prose, full of metaphors and prosaic poetry, that shows the beauty and exoticism of the virgin rainforest.

The book focuses on two rubber collecting regions, one on the border near Venezuela, during Tomás Funes reign of terror. While the second region is in the Putumayo, controlled by Julio César Arana. The author, José Eustasio Rivera, personally visited the region near Venezuela in 1918 as part of a commission. The novel is divided into six narratives, taking the form of different characters. Don Clemente Silva's experience is based on the Putumayo region, while Ramiro Estébanez recalls the crimes of Funes.

La Vorágine is noteworthy as the seminal novel of Latin American regionalism, the "jungle novel", and recognized as one of the best novels written in Colombia.

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English translation

  • Rivera, José Eustasio The Vortex. Earle K. James, translator (1928). Panamericana Editorial Ltd (2003). ISBN 958-30-0804-4.

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References

  1. Buxbaum, Rebecca V. (May 2019). MYTH AND EMASCULATION: ROARING TWENTIES MASCULINITY IN JOSÉ EUSTASIO RIVERA, PHILIPPE SOUPAULT, AND D. H. LAWRENCE (Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Comparative Literature thesis). Brown University. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  2. "José Eustasio Rivera: Columbian Poet". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
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