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<P>This book is the first Spanish-language novel of immigration to the United States. Published in the United States in 1914 by a Colombian emigré, the novel establishes the structure and formula that numerous other Spanish-language narratives produced in this country would take up over the course of the twentieth century. Freshly arrived from the pristine countryside of South America, Lucas quickly becomes a victim of the modern Metropolis, its treacherous rogues, and its immoral women. Lucas finds no streets paved with gold. Instead, he ultimately succumbs to the pleasures of the flesh and becomes an unscrupulous predator himself.  From Lucas Guevara on, the Hispanic novel of immigration developed as a counter-narrative to the myths of the American Dream and the melting pot. Especially noteworthy are the satirical descriptions of the night life in the Bowery and the culture of New York boarding houses during the period when at least forty percent of the city’s inhabitants were immigrants. The introduction traces the author’s development as a writer and studies the book in the context of Hispanic history and immigrant literature.</P>

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