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Ostensibly a biography of the gaucho barbarian Juan Facundo Quiroga, Facundo is also a complex, passionate work of history, sociology, and political commentary, and Latin America's most important essay of the nineteenth century. Translated by Mary Peabody Mann with an Introduction by Ilan Stavans Introduction Chronology Suggestions for Further Reading A Note on the Text FACUNDO: OR, CIVILIZATION AND BARBARISM Appendix: Author's Notice from the 1845 Edition 'The single most influential literary work of modern Spanish American culture.' - Edwin Williamson, in The Penguin History of Latin America 'Sarmient's Facundo is the most memorable character of (Argentine) literature. The romantic style of this grand book suits...the colossal events it describes as well as its colossal protagonist.' - Jorge Luis Borges.