num_pages: 144
description: Of all possible literary genres, none reveals more about its author than the epistolary, as is evident in this collection of imaginary love letters written by Simón Bolívar to Manuelita Saenz during his last trip from Bogotá to Santa Marta, where he died. The liberator and founding father of a good portion of South American nations, Bolívar was also a heartened and bold warrior in love—it was in the arms of his lover that Bolívar found his true refuge from the war surrounding him.
language: English
title: The Erotic Agony: Bolivar's Love and Death
titlecomplete: The Erotic Agony: Bolivar's Love and Death
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Villegas Editores