Of all possible literary histories, none reveals its subject more intimately than the epistolary, as is made evident in this collection of love letters written by Simon Bolivar to Manuelita Saenz. The liberator and founding father of a good portion of Latin America, Bolivar was also a heartened and bold warrior in love--in the arms of his lover Bolivar found his only refuge from the war surrounding him. De todos los medios posibles de entender la historia, ninguno encierra tanta intimidad como las cartas, una observacion ...
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Of all possible literary histories, none reveals its subject more intimately than the epistolary, as is made evident in this collection of love letters written by Simon Bolivar to Manuelita Saenz. The liberator and founding father of a good portion of Latin America, Bolivar was also a heartened and bold warrior in love--in the arms of his lover Bolivar found his only refuge from the war surrounding him. De todos los medios posibles de entender la historia, ninguno encierra tanta intimidad como las cartas, una observacion que esta muy evidente en esta coleccion de cartas de amor escritas por Simon Bolivar para su querida Manuelita Saenz. El libertador de America, Bolivar fue tambien un aguerrido combatiente en el amor que desafio las convenciones de la guerra y la sociedad, para encontrar en los brazos de Manuelita Saenz el ultimo refugio en medio de una guerra.
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