''A la costa'' is a 1904 novel by
Ecuadorian politician and writer
Luis A. Martínez
Luis Alfredo Martínez Holguín (June 23, 1869 in Ambato – November 26, 1909) was an Ecuadorian writer, painter, politician, and agriculturist. He introduced Realism into Ecuadorian literature. He was an opponent of the government of Eloy Alfar ...
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It is one of the leading Ecuadorian works on social and political commentary, and an insight into the history at the time.
The novel covers a series of issues, including political conflict between liberals and conservatives and social identity, economic
differences between the mountainous regions and the coast and between plantation workers and urbanites, and prostitution. It reflects on the overall meaning of life.
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External links
Readat Biblioteca.org.ar
1904 novels
Ecuadorian novels
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