''Barrage of Fire'' ( Spanish: ''Aluvión de Fuego'') is a novel written by

Óscar Cerruto Óscar Cerruto (13 June 1912 – 10 April 1981) was a Bolivian poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist and diplomat. Biography Cerruto was born in the city of La Paz in 1912. He wrote ''Barrage of Fire'', named one of the greatest novel ...

and published in

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

Summary

''Barrage of Fire'' recounts the cruel reality of Bolivian life during the Chaco War. The novel narrates the experiences of Mauricio Santa Cruz, a young man getting ready to go to war, whose expectations are turned around as he discovers the realities of a suffering nation, the great injustices being done to an entire people, and the ultimate reality of a nation engulfed in a flood of fire.

Reviews

A critical review of the book can be found in the "Ibero-American Magazine" of the

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...

References

1935 novels Works about the Chaco War Novels set in Bolivia {{Bolivia-stub