A la costa

{{Short description|Ecuadorian novel by Luis A. Martinez}}

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A la costa is a 1904 novel by Ecuadorian politician and writer Luis A. Martínez.{{cite book|last=Sánchez|first=Luis Alfredo Martínez, Diego Araujo|title=A LA COSTA 2a. ed.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pTkEHbx_6VMC&pg=PA35|year=2005|publisher=Libresa|isbn=978-9978-80-843-6|page=35}} It is one of the leading Ecuadorian works on social and political commentary, and an insight into the history at the time.{{cite book|last=Coll|first=Edna|title=Indice informativo de la novela hispanoamericana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9tZOy1NoEZgC&pg=PA239|year=1974|publisher=La Editorial, UPR|language=Spanish|isbn=978-0-8477-2012-5|page=239}} The novel covers a series of issues, including political conflict between liberals and conservatives and social identity, economic

differences between the mountainous regions and the coast and between plantation workers and urbanites, and prostitution. It reflects on the overall meaning of life.{{cite web|url=http://html.rincondelvago.com/a-la-costa_luis-alfredo-martinez-holguin.html|title=A La Costa|publisher=Rincondelvago.com|accessdate=6 May 2015|language=Spanish}}