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Cuentos escritos antes del exilio
284 pages, Paperback
Published April 15, 2009
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Juan Bosch
115 books63 followersJuan Bosch was born in the town of La Vega, Dominican Republic. His parents were Spanish Juan Bosch and Puerto Rican Angela Gaviño. He lived the first years of his childhood in a small rural community called Río Verde, where he began his primary studies; he attended high school in La Vega. In his youth he went to Santo Domingo and worked in commercial stores. Later he traveled to Spain, Venezuela and some of the Caribbean islands.
He returned in 1931, and published his first short stories book, "Camino Real," the essay "Indios," and the short novel "La Mañosa," about the civil wars in the nineteenth century, which was acclaimed by critics. He created and edited the literary section in the newspaper Listín Diario, becoming a critic and essayist.
In 1934 he married Isabel García and had two children with her: Leon and Carolina. As Trujillo's dictatorship was getting stronger and meaner, Bosch was jailed for his political ideas, being released after several months. In 1938, knowing that the tyrant wanted to buy him with a position in the Congress, Bosch managed to leave the country, settling in Puerto Rico.
He was a politician, historian, short story writer, essayist, educator, and the first cleanly elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously, he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael Trujillo for over 25 years. To this day he is remembered as an honest politician and regarded as one of the most prominent writers in Dominican literature. He is the founder of both the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) in 1939 and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in 1973.
By 1939 Bosch had gone to Cuba, where he directed an edition of the completed works of Eugenio María de Hostos, something that defined his patriotic and humanist ideals. In July, with other Dominican expatriates, he founded the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), which stood out as the most active front against Trujillo outside the Dominican Republic.
Bosch heavily sympathised with leftist ideas, but he always denied any communist affiliation. He collaborated with the Cuban Revolutionary Party and had an important role in the making of the Constitution that was promulgated in 1940.
Bosch married for the second time, this time a Cuban lady, Carmen Quidiello, with whom he had two more children, Patricio and Barbara. At the same time, his literary career was ascending, gaining important acknowledgments like the Hernandez Catá Prize in Havana for short stories written by a Latin American author. His works had a deep social content, among them "La Noche Buena de Encarnación Mendoza", "Luis Pié", "The Masters" and "The Indian Manuel Sicuri", all of them described by critics as masterpieces of the sort.
Bosch was one of the main organizers of the 1949 military conspiracy that landed in Cayo Confites in the north coast of the Dominican Republic, to overthrow the dictatorship of Trujillo. However, the expedition failed, and Bosch fled to Venezuela, continuing his anti-Trujillo campaign. In Cuba, where he returned by requirement of his friends in the Authentic Revolutionary Party, he played a notorious part in the political life of Havana, being recognized as a promoter of social legislation and author of the speech pronounced by President Carlos Prío Socarrás when the body of José Martí was transferred to Santiago de Cuba.
When Fulgencio Batista led a coup d'etat against Prío Socarrás and took over the presidency in 1952, Bosch was jailed by Batista's forces. After being liberated, he left Cuba and headed to Costa Rica, where he dedicated his time to pedagogical tasks, and to his activities as leader of the PRD.
In 1959 the Cuban Revolution took place, led by Fidel Castro, causing a major political, economic and social upheaval in the Caribbean island. Bosch accurately perceived the process that had begun from those events, and wrote a letter to
He returned in 1931, and published his first short stories book, "Camino Real," the essay "Indios," and the short novel "La Mañosa," about the civil wars in the nineteenth century, which was acclaimed by critics. He created and edited the literary section in the newspaper Listín Diario, becoming a critic and essayist.
In 1934 he married Isabel García and had two children with her: Leon and Carolina. As Trujillo's dictatorship was getting stronger and meaner, Bosch was jailed for his political ideas, being released after several months. In 1938, knowing that the tyrant wanted to buy him with a position in the Congress, Bosch managed to leave the country, settling in Puerto Rico.
He was a politician, historian, short story writer, essayist, educator, and the first cleanly elected president of the Dominican Republic for a brief time in 1963. Previously, he had been the leader of the Dominican opposition in exile to the dictatorial regime of Rafael Trujillo for over 25 years. To this day he is remembered as an honest politician and regarded as one of the most prominent writers in Dominican literature. He is the founder of both the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) in 1939 and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) in 1973.
By 1939 Bosch had gone to Cuba, where he directed an edition of the completed works of Eugenio María de Hostos, something that defined his patriotic and humanist ideals. In July, with other Dominican expatriates, he founded the Partido Revolucionario Dominicano (PRD), which stood out as the most active front against Trujillo outside the Dominican Republic.
Bosch heavily sympathised with leftist ideas, but he always denied any communist affiliation. He collaborated with the Cuban Revolutionary Party and had an important role in the making of the Constitution that was promulgated in 1940.
Bosch married for the second time, this time a Cuban lady, Carmen Quidiello, with whom he had two more children, Patricio and Barbara. At the same time, his literary career was ascending, gaining important acknowledgments like the Hernandez Catá Prize in Havana for short stories written by a Latin American author. His works had a deep social content, among them "La Noche Buena de Encarnación Mendoza", "Luis Pié", "The Masters" and "The Indian Manuel Sicuri", all of them described by critics as masterpieces of the sort.
Bosch was one of the main organizers of the 1949 military conspiracy that landed in Cayo Confites in the north coast of the Dominican Republic, to overthrow the dictatorship of Trujillo. However, the expedition failed, and Bosch fled to Venezuela, continuing his anti-Trujillo campaign. In Cuba, where he returned by requirement of his friends in the Authentic Revolutionary Party, he played a notorious part in the political life of Havana, being recognized as a promoter of social legislation and author of the speech pronounced by President Carlos Prío Socarrás when the body of José Martí was transferred to Santiago de Cuba.
When Fulgencio Batista led a coup d'etat against Prío Socarrás and took over the presidency in 1952, Bosch was jailed by Batista's forces. After being liberated, he left Cuba and headed to Costa Rica, where he dedicated his time to pedagogical tasks, and to his activities as leader of the PRD.
In 1959 the Cuban Revolution took place, led by Fidel Castro, causing a major political, economic and social upheaval in the Caribbean island. Bosch accurately perceived the process that had begun from those events, and wrote a letter to
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February 16, 2023
Unos de los primeros libros que leí, también escribí mi primeros cuentos copiando al profesor Juan Bosch además de influir en mi pensamiento político.
Hace unas semanas empecé a releerlo después de décadas y de esta última lectura destacó El cuchillo, un cuento donde la soledad, la resignación, tristeza y desolación del paisaje y el personaje son exquisitamente narradas.
Hace unas semanas empecé a releerlo después de décadas y de esta última lectura destacó El cuchillo, un cuento donde la soledad, la resignación, tristeza y desolación del paisaje y el personaje son exquisitamente narradas.
July 23, 2021
3.5
La verdad es que me han gustado en su mayoria los cuentos de Bosch. Aunque para mí, mis favoritos a destacar:
-La mujer
-Dos pesos de agua
-La pulpería
-Revolución
-Camino Real
Este último me encanto!
Recuerdo que leí La Mujer a mis 9 años en una antología de conafe, que aún conservo, y este libro solo ha sido una añoranza para mí.
La verdad es que me han gustado en su mayoria los cuentos de Bosch. Aunque para mí, mis favoritos a destacar:
-La mujer
-Dos pesos de agua
-La pulpería
-Revolución
-Camino Real
Este último me encanto!
Recuerdo que leí La Mujer a mis 9 años en una antología de conafe, que aún conservo, y este libro solo ha sido una añoranza para mí.
April 12, 2022
3.7
Excelente reflexión en Camino Real. En este primer libro se puede ver el "conchoprimismo" puro.
Excelente reflexión en Camino Real. En este primer libro se puede ver el "conchoprimismo" puro.
August 29, 2018
Los cuentos de Bosch siempre me han gustado mucho por presentar la realidad social de mi país (República Dominicana) como son los abusos a la clase campesina, el mal manejo de los políticos y de la gente pudiente, entre otros. Mi cuento favorito de esta colección fue Camino Real, simplemente sin desperdicios. Para no abundar más solo agregaré que he amado leer los tres volúmenes de cuentos de Bosch y que recomiendo su lectura a todo aquel que aún no los haya leído.
November 3, 2022
Una maravillosa antología de cuentos. Llegué a este autor porque encontré su poética sobre cómo escribir cuento y no me arrepiento de haber leído el fruto de su obra. La mayoría de cuentos son costumbristas, pero con una prosa tan poética y viva, realmente se siente uno contemplando ese campo y a las mujeres y hombres que lo habitan. Mi cuentos favoritos: Dos pesos de agua, La sangre y San Andres, seguidos por La mujer.
March 9, 2022
Fantástica compilación de cuentos de este autor criollo el cuentista más grande de la región, de todos los cuentos el que más me gustó fue "La Mujer".
March 30, 2023
Someone reccomended it to me, but I didnt liked it def not my my style in books
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