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: Cárdenas explores how national identity in Colombia was manufactured through the lens of 19th-century scientific expeditions.

: What starts as professional curiosity turns into a personal and philosophical pursuit as Price follows Pandiguando’s trail through a wild, often hallucinatory Colombian landscape.

The book is noted for its "snake charmer's piercing prose" and has been compared to classics like Moby Dick and Zama for its ambitious scope and rhythm. Peregrino Transparente Juan CГЎrdenas epub

: While documenting the landscape, Price becomes obsessed with the elusive work of a local artist, José Rufino Pandiguando , whose identity is shrouded in rumor.

: The novel examines how European scientific and artistic representations of the "tropics" were used as tools for global domination and the commodification of nature. : Cárdenas explores how national identity in Colombia

The story follows , an English watercolor painter traveling with the Corographic Commission , a scientific expedition tasked with mapping Colombia’s resources for foreign investors.

Published in 2023, by Colombian author Juan Cárdenas is a genre-bending novel that blends historical fiction with elements of the Western, travel chronicles, and art history. Set in 1850s Colombia, it explores themes of colonialism, identity, and the destruction of nature through a surreal, hypnotic lens. Plot Overview : While documenting the landscape, Price becomes obsessed

: The narrative highlights the irrational destruction of the environment driven by burgeoning capitalist interests during the mid-19th century.