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El Ombu

Author
William Henry Hudson
Language
English
Length
102 pages
ISBN
9781836102304
Published
9 March 2026
Imprint
Fractal Press
  • Argentine pampas
  • memory
  • loss
  • nostalgia
  • rural life
  • tyranny
  • family tragedy
  • legacy
  • isolation
  • symbolic tree

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El Ombu is a haunting tale of memory and loss set on the Argentine pampas, where a solitary ombú tree stands as witness to a vanished world. Through the recollections of Nicandro, the story recounts the rise and decline of the El Ombú estate, the brutal power of Santos Ugarte, and the tragedies that marked his household. William Henry Hudson weaves nostalgia, violence, and regret into a powerful meditation on time, sorrow, and fading lives.

Author

W. H. Hudson (1841–1922) wrote as if the natural world were speaking through him — birds, grasslands, forests, and the human longing to belong among them. Raised in Argentina and long resident in England, he brought New World memory into English nature writing with uncommon freshness.

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