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Para quién es
For readers who love nineteenth century realist fiction, stories of migration and exile, and portraits of South American society, with its private passions and social ambitions.
De qué trata este libro
Creole Love is a work by Abel Acácio de Almeida Botelho, a Portuguese writer, soldier and diplomat who died in 1917. He belongs to the Portuguese realist and naturalist tradition of the late nineteenth century, and he wrote fiction that looks closely at social habits and private passions.
The book is set in Argentina and follows the life of a Portuguese exile among the people of the River Plate. You meet a society of ambition, desire and appearances, seen through the eyes of a newcomer. In the first key point, we look at what it means to arrive in a place that is not your own.
En este resumen
- 1An exile sees a new societyFree
- 2Passion drives the social world
- 3Ambition shapes the choices people make
- 4A Portuguese eye on the River Plate
Idea clave 1 de 4
An exile sees a new society
Books of this kind begin with a stranger. A Portuguese man, far from home, must learn how a new country speaks, trades, courts and judges. The exile is a useful figure for a realist writer because he sees what locals no longer notice.
The setting is Argentina, a country that drew many Europeans in the nineteenth century. Its cities and its countryside gave writers a wide stage of old families, new money and mixed cultures.
For the reader, this opening view means that customs are explained by being met for the first time. You learn the place as the outsider does, one scene and one surprise at a time.
That’s 1 of 4 key points.
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Questions about Amor criollo
Who wrote Creole Love?
Creole Love was written by Abel Acácio de Almeida Botelho, a Portuguese novelist, army officer and diplomat who died in 1917. He is linked with the realist and naturalist movement in Portuguese fiction.
What kind of book is Creole Love?
It is a nineteenth century realist work of fiction. It looks at love, ambition and social life in Argentina through the eyes of a Portuguese exile.
What does creole mean in the title?
Creole in Latin American usage often refers to people of European descent born in the Americas, and by extension to local culture. In the title it points to the native society of Argentina.
Is Creole Love hard to read?
No. The story is easy to step into because you arrive with a newcomer. A Portuguese exile meets Argentina for the first time, so customs are explained as he meets them, one scene and one surprise at a time.
What themes does Creole Love deal with?
The main themes are love and desire, social ambition, exile and the experience of an outsider in a new country, all treated in the observant manner of realist fiction.