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Doña Bárbara, en la que la llanura venezolana es el personaje central, es la obra de mayor éxito de Rómulo Gallegos. En ella dramatiza el conflicto entre civilización y barbarie que a su parecer definía el ser de Venezuela y su realidad. El final feliz simboliza un futuro esperanzador para el país.
Published January 2005 by Cátedra (first published August 11th 1929)
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Jul 12, 2013Alejandro rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Shelves: spanish, novel, favorites, drama, historical-fiction, romance
This review is bilingual. First you can find the English version and at the end of that one, you will find the Spanish version.
This is my favorite Latin American book!!!
Maybe since I am from Costa Rica, I should pick as my favorite Latin American book, something from my own country. This book is by an author from Venezuela. And indeed I like a lot of books written by authors from my country. However, to choose a single book for my 'Favorites' virtual shelf, when it's down to pick just one book...more
This is my favorite Latin American book!!!
Maybe since I am from Costa Rica, I should pick as my favorite Latin American book, something from my own country. This book is by an author from Venezuela. And indeed I like a lot of books written by authors from my country. However, to choose a single book for my 'Favorites' virtual shelf, when it's down to pick just one book...more
Aug 25, 2014Harry Rutherford rated it really liked it · review of another edition
An interesting fact about Rómulo Gallegos: he was the first democratically elected president of Venezuela, in 1948 (although only for a few months before losing power to a coup d’état). He was a writer before he was a politician; Doña Bárbara was published in 1929. It is, of course, my book from Venezuela for the Read The World challenge.
I didn’t choose it because the author was president of Venezuela. I was more attracted by the fact that it has been made into a movie twice and a telenovela thr...more
Oct 23, 2018Jeff rated it liked it · review of another editionI didn’t choose it because the author was president of Venezuela. I was more attracted by the fact that it has been made into a movie twice and a telenovela thr...more
Recommended to Jeff by: PBS's Great American Read
I suspect many (most?) folks who read this book or added it to their To Read shelf in late 2018 did so because of PBS's show The Great American Read.
I had to read the English translation by Chicago University Press, from 1931. As such, much of the colloquial speech was lost on me. Then again, some sections were nicely lyrical, which i assume came thru nicely from the original Spanish. Overall, a somewhat unnerving experience.
The novel could also be titled Santos Luzardo. He's really the main ch...more
I had to read the English translation by Chicago University Press, from 1931. As such, much of the colloquial speech was lost on me. Then again, some sections were nicely lyrical, which i assume came thru nicely from the original Spanish. Overall, a somewhat unnerving experience.
The novel could also be titled Santos Luzardo. He's really the main ch...more
Oct 14, 2016Marce Matamoros rated it really liked it
Though I never read it in high school, Dona Barbara is a staple lecture across Latin American schools all over, and maybe this fact kept me away from it for a long time, as normally the readings assigned as part of a scholar program tend to be boring. I couldn;t be more wrong with it.
Short, but with an amazing narrative pace, the book tells us the story of Don Barbara, a cruel and vindictive woman who is know as the 'cacica' (chief) of the Arauca, in the venezuelan 'llanos', due to her ferocity...more
Jul 15, 2018Pam rated it it was amazing · review of another editionShort, but with an amazing narrative pace, the book tells us the story of Don Barbara, a cruel and vindictive woman who is know as the 'cacica' (chief) of the Arauca, in the venezuelan 'llanos', due to her ferocity...more
Shelves: latin-american-literature, 2018-aty-challenge, translated-lit, fiction, classic, magical-realism, literary-fiction, romance, summer-gar-challenge
I decided to read this book because it was one of the few on the PBS Great American Read list that I had never heard of. I am so glad that I did! I thoroughly enjoyed it and felt that I had been transported to the llano (prairie) in Venezuela, roping cattle, riding horses, and hunting alligators! I don't always appreciate a lot of description of the setting, but in this case, it definitely enhanced the reading experience. The language was beautiful!
I was a little surprised that so much of the bo...more
I was a little surprised that so much of the bo...more
Jun 22, 2018Jane rated it liked it · review of another edition
2.5 raised to a 3. Plot is hard to summarize, but broadly, this is set in the 1930s and concerns a man, Santos Luzardo, trying to recover his ranch land on the plains of Venezuela most of which has been swallowed up by a witch-like woman, Doña Barbara, and her evil henchmen while Santos has been away and dependent on an unscrupulous overseer. We are given a good deal of the local color. This is a seminal work in Latin American literature, with the beginnings of 'magic realism', developed more fu...more
Oct 18, 2017Liz rated it liked it · review of another edition Shelves: latin-american-fiction, historical-fiction, politics-prose-bookclbu
This was good; I would probably recommend to those interested in LatAm fiction with some caveats.
The good:
- all the descriptions of the llanos were great. I fucking love the llanos! In that respect I am def this book's target audience.
- the melodrama was very entertaining
- lots of dialogue
- all the description of daily life and seasonal activities reminded me of 'Little House on the Prarie.'
- I also really liked all the parts about llano customs and superstitions. I fucking love the llanos!! Did...more
The good:
- all the descriptions of the llanos were great. I fucking love the llanos! In that respect I am def this book's target audience.
- the melodrama was very entertaining
- lots of dialogue
- all the description of daily life and seasonal activities reminded me of 'Little House on the Prarie.'
- I also really liked all the parts about llano customs and superstitions. I fucking love the llanos!! Did...more
Aug 04, 2018Ayla rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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Aug 01, 2012Alberto Ambard rated it it was amazing
Doña barbara is a historical novel that describes the Venezuelan society prior to its modernization.
Gallegos uses very symbolic characters and actions in his description of a chaotic country ruled by few. Santos Luzardo returns to the plains of Venezuela to recover land that has been taken by the main character: Doña Barbara, a woman full of resentment representing the barbarie.
Luzardo proposes a division of the properties with fencing. He is the civilization coming from the city to change thing...more
Gallegos uses very symbolic characters and actions in his description of a chaotic country ruled by few. Santos Luzardo returns to the plains of Venezuela to recover land that has been taken by the main character: Doña Barbara, a woman full of resentment representing the barbarie.
Luzardo proposes a division of the properties with fencing. He is the civilization coming from the city to change thing...more
Jul 29, 2019Bonnie Ridley rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
A beautiful work, first published in 1923. The reference in the new forward as being '...a Madame Bovary of the llano' prompted me to re-read Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary. Personally, I could not make the same comparison between the characters. The setting of Doña Bárbara is the vast, untamed plains of Venezuela.
Jan 03, 2019Alicia Herrington rated it La Barbarie Organizada Pdf Programs Free
really liked it · review of another edition Shelves: 2019-reading-challenge, 2019-challenge-great-american-read
This year for one of my personal reading challenges I'm trying something I'm calling's 'The Great American-Read-Through'. For it I'm trying to read (or reread as the case may be) through as much of The Great American Read list as I can. I'm doing this because I want to understand why the books on the list are so beloved, even the ones I personally dislike (50 shades, Flowers in the Attic, Twilight, Left Behind, etc.) I'm starting at #100 and working backwards to #1. By the end of this year I'd l...more
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Lola Andrews rated it really liked it Shelves: not-living-authors, classics, romance, 1920-s, books-turned-into-tv-shows, historical-fiction, venezuelan-authors
I spent some of my high school years living in Venezuela (4, to be exact), and this was, at the time, a mandatory reading (along with other Rómulo Gallegos titles, such as La Trepadora and Canaima). Rómulo Gallegos, who was also at one point the president of the country (in fact, the first president to be selected by direct, secret and universal voting in Venezuela) has one topic which all his novels directly or indirectly talk about, which is the fight between savagery and education. Education...more
Apr 06, 2014Diana Clemente rated it really liked it · review of another edition
it was kind of weird the end of the story, but in the end it is real, the descriptions and the resignation is something real that happens to us everyday, just like the endless land of this story.
Jul 26, 2018Claudia rated it it was amazing · review of another edition Shelves: summer-books, classics-i-should-have-read-years-b, 2018-challenge-155-books
When I looked at the PBS list of favorite 100 books, I did not recognize this author or title...so, I've been spending my summer in South American magic realism...sorta. Had to abandon 100 YEARS for now, but had a great time with Zafon, and I discovered this gem.
This is an epic battle between two characters...cousins...a man and a woman...the past and the future...good and evil. Santos returns to the plains of Venezuela to reclaim his birthright and try out his modern ideas of ranching and livin...more
This is an epic battle between two characters...cousins...a man and a woman...the past and the future...good and evil. Santos returns to the plains of Venezuela to reclaim his birthright and try out his modern ideas of ranching and livin...more
Aug 04, 2018Malcolm rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Perhaps the greatest testimony to Rómulo Gallegos is the very rich literary prize named after him in honor of his work and influence. The prize has been awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa, Gabriel García Márquez, Roberto Bolaño and other masterful authors whose powerful books are said to be the cornerstones of magical realism and South American literature.
Sadly, we seldom hear Gallegos' 1929 novel 'Doña Barbara' mentioned in the same company as the well-known books that have received the Gallegos pri...more
Sadly, we seldom hear Gallegos' 1929 novel 'Doña Barbara' mentioned in the same company as the well-known books that have received the Gallegos pri...more
Aug 09, 2019Erika rated it it was ok · review of another edition
Decided to read this book after I found myself vicariously watching the Mexican TV serial adaptation through my mom. Realizing that I had never read anything by a Venezuelan author I went and bought the book.
I didn't expect the language to be a big problem but it wasn't only that this book was written back in late 1920's but that the words were regional. Part of me wished I had picked up an English translation so the writing would have been made more simple for English readers, but I had to read...more
Jul 21, 2019Peter rated it really liked it · review of another editionI didn't expect the language to be a big problem but it wasn't only that this book was written back in late 1920's but that the words were regional. Part of me wished I had picked up an English translation so the writing would have been made more simple for English readers, but I had to read...more
Shelves: found-in-translation, round-the-world, 20th-century, fiction
Melodramatic and lots of fun; I can see why it made for a good tv series. And I can sort of see why it's regarded as a forerunner of South American magical realism, though actually its references to legends and the supernatural are quite interesting; Doña Barbara seems to deploy the idea of magic, and build herself as a legend, for strategic (though perhaps ultimately self-defeating) ends.
My enjoyment was tempered by the fact that the novel struck me certainly early on (and still so, but less so...more
Jan 26, 2019KF-in-Georgia rated it it was amazing · review of another editionMy enjoyment was tempered by the fact that the novel struck me certainly early on (and still so, but less so...more
Shelves: great-american-read, venezuela, 2019-challenges
(view spoiler)[People believe Doña Barbara is a witch, a sorceress. She tends to believe it herself, as the universe reorders her world to suit her wishes. The neighbors' land, their livestock, their men--all become hers.
The surviving heir of one of the dispossessed neighbors, Santos Luzardo, comes home from Caracas, determined to repossess his birthright; and Doña Barbara determines to possess him. (hide spoiler)]
Read for a couple of 2019 reading challenges, this book was on the 2018 Great Ame...more
The surviving heir of one of the dispossessed neighbors, Santos Luzardo, comes home from Caracas, determined to repossess his birthright; and Doña Barbara determines to possess him. (hide spoiler)]
Read for a couple of 2019 reading challenges, this book was on the 2018 Great Ame...more
Sep 04, 2018Denise rated it liked it · review of another edition
I predict this will not win the NPR contest for America's favorite novel. I can't imagine how it even made the top 100. As a glimpse into the lives of the Venezuelan cowboys of long ago, it's interesting, but the people are frustratingly inaccessible, and it hasn't even been available in translation for that long. We've been watching Yellowstone, the Kevin Costner tv series about trying to keep a family ranch together in the face of developers, native tribes, feuding children, and estate taxes....more
Nov 04, 2018Robyn rated it did not like it · review of another edition
Could not engage with this book at all (yet, nevertheless, still needed to physically turn every page and slightly skim in order to say that I actually 'read' it... couldn't just stop in the middle!). The characters and character names were difficult to follow, the plot didn't grab my attention, and I could not become invested in the characters or storyline at all. Perhaps, as some reviews say, reading the original in Spanish is more lyrical and engaging, but from this version, I could not see a...more
A novel about the hard and wild life in the farms of Venezuela in the early 1900's when corruption ran rampantly and $ and guns were the law.
I read it in Spanish and, although Spanish is my first language, it was difficult to understand due to the great amount of idiomatic expressions pertaining only to the people of Venezuela and specifically to the people from the farms.
I read it in Spanish and, although Spanish is my first language, it was difficult to understand due to the great amount of idiomatic expressions pertaining only to the people of Venezuela and specifically to the people from the farms.
Dec 27, 2018Leslie Ann rated it liked it · review of another edition
I wonder how this novel was adapted for television because the book seems to be more about Santo Luzardo than Dona Barbara. Indeed, Barbara barely appears in the first third of the book. The prose is okay and the characters are pretty flat (the Plains show more personality), but the ending wins the book an extra star.
A pretty old classic from Venezuela, Doña Barbara is a book about civilization overcoming barbarism. However, despite the theme, I found the novel to be quite dull due to its style of writing. I love the concepts of the book, which resonate with me on a personal level, but the book itself is not recommended for anyone outside of Venezuela, or outside of a classroom.
Nov 18, 2018Kim rated it really liked it · review of another edition Shelves: historical-fiction, great-american-reads-list
Had a western vibe. Beginning and ending were slow. Didn't like the ending. I appreciated the Santos character. I liked his evolution throughout the book. I found it hard to believe that Dona Barbara would change her personality so drastically for a man she didn't even know.
A product of its time, when it was thought that both nature and women needed the strong hand of a civilized man to rule them. That part hasn't aged well. But the descriptions of the Venezuelan plains, the rain forest jungles, and the easy corruption of humanity's better instincts were quite good.
Nov 29, 2018Lisa O rated it it was ok · review of another edition
Can’t understand why this was featured on the PBS Great American Read. Doña Barbara’s character was intriguing and needed to be a greater part of the plot. Part one was great and then the rest of the book was rather bland. Had to force myself to finish it.
Aug 22, 2017Pete rated it liked it · review of another edition
Nice story of the culture of the Venezulan plains coming into contact with a man born there but bred in the city and who when dragged back thought he could change the 'old ways'. Reminded me a bit of Walter Scott's tales of people coming into contact with highlanders.
Apr 25, 2019Scott rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Gallegos’ 1929 novel about scale cattle ranchers on the plains of Venezuela has a certain dry humor to it and gives a good picture of the problems of the period, from the general lack of law and order to government corruption.
Jul 26, 2018Lisa Engelken rated it really liked it
I had a hard time with the translation to English. With that said I enjoyed this adventure book. I felt like I had a look into the wild life of the Plains people of Columbia. Pride played a large part into this culture.
Sep 15, 2018James (Jimmie) Price rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
This book has just become my favorite by a Latin American author.
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