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The Vortex: read in Spanish (C1)

Read José Eustasio Rivera’s novel La vorágine in Spanish. Level C1: the Colombian plains and the Amazon rubber jungle, with instant word translation.

La vorágine (José Eustasio Rivera)

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Level C1 Reading focus

What you'll learn

Regional vocabulary of the Colombian plains and the Amazon, long descriptive sentences, narration in the first person, early 20th-century Latin American prose

This article contains the full text of José Eustasio Rivera’s novel La vorágine (1924) about the poet Arturo Cova, who flees across the Colombian plains into the Amazon rubber jungle. Level C1 suits readers who can handle long descriptive sentences and regional vocabulary in Spanish. You will learn the vocabulary of the plains, rivers and rubber country and the language of lavish nature description.

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