num_pages: 176
description: In sixteenth-century Spain, a cabin boy sets sail on a ship bound for the New World. An inland expedition ends in disaster when the group is attacked by Indians.The Witness explores the relationship between existence and description, foreignness and cultural identity. Juan Jose Saer was born in Argentina in 1937 and is considered one of Argentina's leading writers of the post-Borges generation. He died in 2005.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: El entenado
titlecomplete: El entenado
genres: Fiction, Adventure, Spanish Literature, Latin American, Literature, Latin American Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Spain
ratings_count: 2108
series: Rayos globulares
publisher: El Aleph Editores