La Loca de Gandoca =: The Madwoman of Gandoca

by Anacristina Rossi

La Loca de Gandoca caused a national outcry in Costa Rica when it was published in 1992. It blew the whistle on a secret plot by government officials and private investors to develop the Gandoca-Manzanilla Wildlife Refuge, which is one of the most biologically diverse sites in the world and supposedly protected by the Costa Rican constitution. The novel is the largely autobiographical account of Anacristina Rossi's attempt to save the refuge from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773456376
• ISBN13: 9780773456372
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
• Length: 110 Pages