by Heinrich Von Kleist · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493576363
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The Earthquake in Chile is a moving work by Heinrich von Kleist that tells the love story between Jerónimo and Josefa, two young people who defy social conventions in colonial Chile of the 17th century. Their forbidden love is interrupted by a devastating earthquake that destroys the city of Santiago. Amidst the chaos and destruction, the lovers reunite and struggle to rebuild their lives and their relationship in a world marked by tragedy and hope. The novel explores themes such as love, social injustice, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays The Prince of Homburg, Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, The Broken Jug, Amphitryon and Penthesilea, and the novellas Michael Kohlhaas and The Marquise of O. Kleist ended his life in a suicide pact by shooting himself together with a close female friend who was terminally ill.
