Las lanzas coloradas

Synopsis of Las lanzas coloradas

«Las lanzas coloradas» is the historical novel by Arturo Uslar Pietri, published by Salvat Editores in paperback (170 pages, in Spanish).

During the Venezuelan War of Independence, the novel narrates the rebellion against Spanish rule and its effects on the characters. The novel also portrays the birth of a complex patriotism and the clash between colonial religious education and the aspiration to emancipation, seen as a moral failing.

1983 edition from the Biblioteca Básica Salvat collection (no. 71), with a foreword by Miguel Ángel Asturias. The novel was originally published in 1931.

For readers who enjoy historical novels and classics of Latin American literature.