Author: Rómulo Gallegos
- Fiction
- University of Chicago Press
- ISBN: 9780226279206
- Release Date: 01-01-1970
-Reviewed by: Norma Medina-Ortiz

A classic of Latin American literature this novel tells the return of Santos Luzardo to a ranch in the Venezuelan plains and his meeting with Doña Bárbara. It is an analysis of the society of the Venezuela plains, and the country in general. It represents the conflict between civilization and barbarism.