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Negro el dolor del mundo
“Black Is the Sorrow of the World” (title translated by AI)
English editions
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In 1729 Buenos Aires, Félix de Dios, a Black youth raised by white Spaniards, has learned letters, Latin, the harpsichord and his late father's knowledge of healing herbs. With his father dead, the slavers claim him. His attempt to prove his freedom sends him to prison, and his only way out is to take the post of city executioner.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 265 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Argentina, 1729
- First published
- 2019 by Clarín/Alfaguara
- ISBN
9789870742517 (original)