Publisher's Synopsis
Text in Spanish. This poetic piece about Manuelita Sáenz, Simón Bolivar's greatest love, digs into her personal history and uncovers a woman who questioned the moral and social codes of her time to fight for freedom. Her story echoes the vital female presence that exists just below the surface of Latin America's unfolding history. Within Colombian literature -- and perhaps even all Latin American literature -- no storyteller has such refined technique and style as Vìctor Paz Otero. This finely crafted history follows in the footsteps of his previous book about Bolìvar and Sáenz, The Erotic Agony.
