Barrage of Fire (Spanish: Aluvión de Fuego) is a novel written by Óscar Cerruto and published in 1935.

Summary edit

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 edit

A critical review of the book can be found in the "Ibero-American Magazine" of the University of Pittsburgh ISSN 2154-4794[1]

References edit

  1. ^ García Pabón, Leonardo (1986). "Territorio y nación: Indios y mineros en "Aluvión de Fuego" de Oscar Cerruto". Revista Iberoamericana. 52 (134): 93–109. doi:10.5195/reviberoamer.1986.4149.