The Englishman of the Bones (novel)

The Englishman of the Bones () is a 1924 Argentine novel by Benito Lynch. It is part of the Gaucho literature movement. A major theme of the novel is the cultural exchanges between the British and the Argentine characters.Huberman p.3 In 1940 it was adapted into a film of the same title directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen.

Synopsis A young English expert on fossils meets and has a relationship with a gaucho woman while he is investigating the remains of indigenous people in Argentina. When he leaves, she is overcome with despair and kills herself.Torres-Rioseco p.163

References

Bibliography Huberman, Ariana. Gauchos and Foreigners: Glossing Culture and Identity in the Argentine Countryside. Lexington Books, 2010. Torres-Rioseco, Arturo. The Epic of Latin American Literature. University of California Press, 1961.