Dragon's teeth; a novel

Eça de Queiroz, José Maria

Classic Books

<p>Teodorico Raposo, the novel's anti-hero, is a master of deceit; one minute feigning devotion in front of his rich, pious aunt, in order to inherit her money, the next indulging in debauchery. Spurred on by the desire to please his aunt, and in order to get away from his unfaithful mistress, he embarks on a journey to the Holy Land in search of a holy relic. The resulting fiasco is a masterpiece of comic irony as religious bigotry and personal greed are mercilessly ridiculed.'Eca de Queiroz wrote in an elegant, clear prose. He was also a satirist with great eye for details who described in his novels the absurdities of the society around him, and living in Portugal he was never short of absurd things to make fun of. Here he attacks religion, greed, gullibility and hypocrisy, always with irony and humor, which makes The Relic a very light and enjoyable 'experience. -' World Literature Forum</p>

The Relic (Dedalus European Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Dedalus Limited

La obra del portugues JOSE MARIA ECA DE QUEIROZ (1845-1900), uno de los mas grandes narradores del siglo xix, parte de postulados naturalistas para recrear de forma magistral ambientes en los que sobresale el penetrante estudio psicologico de los personajes. En EL CRIMEN DEL PADRE AMARO -novela en la que un parroco de provincias, amparado en la impunidad que le proporciona su condicion de clerigo, se ve arrastrado por la pasion y el deseo a la degradacion moral- el autor aborda el tema del celibato eclesiastico en una sociedad dominada por el oscurantismo y la omnipotencia de la Iglesia catolica.

El crimen del padre Amaro (El Libro De Bolsillo / The Pocket Book) (Spanish Edition)

Erotica

Alianza Editorial

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