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Martin Rivas
Oct. 15th, 2025 10:41 amMartin Rivas by Alberto Blest Gana is a 19th century Chilean novel, about a young man who travels to Santiago after his father's death, to seek his fortune in the house of a man who owes his own fortune to the Rivas family.
There's quite a lot of politics in it that went rather over my head - and also a lot of fairly ridiculous romance shenanigans, which were quite fun.
It was a bit slow going at times, and then suddenly an awful lot happened in the final section, followed by a weirdly abrupt ending, where the fates of all the characters were summarised in a letter.
But still - enjoyable overall.
There's quite a lot of politics in it that went rather over my head - and also a lot of fairly ridiculous romance shenanigans, which were quite fun.
It was a bit slow going at times, and then suddenly an awful lot happened in the final section, followed by a weirdly abrupt ending, where the fates of all the characters were summarised in a letter.
But still - enjoyable overall.
