The Crime of Father Amaro (Dedalus European Classics) - Softcover

Queiros, Eca De

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1873982895 ISBN 13: 9781873982891

Verlag: Dedalus Ltd, 2021

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Críticas:

'Queiroz is far greater than my own dear master, Flaubert.' --Emile Zola

'The Crime of Father Amaro is also the best possible introduction to Portuguese literature. It is the first great realistic novel in the language; a product of the wonderful period when it seemed to be easy, all over Europe, to write novels of the highest literary quality which were also commercial successes.So it is instantly approachable, while at the same time complex and ultimately mysterious. All these riches are made available in a brand new translation. Margaret Jull's Costa's new translation is far better than the earlier one. The rich patterning of the text survives as a deeply satisfying experience.' --Tom Earle in The London Magazine

' This new translation reads fluently and, more important, makes available to a new generation a work of mesmerizing literary power. The novel's plot is as sensational now as then: A priest, prey to erotic reverie and utterly without a true clerical vocation, half seduces, half falls in love with, the daughter of his landlady.The first two-thirds of The Crime of Father Amaro depicts the tactics of growing desire between Amaro and Amelia.The last third charts the consequences of their illicit passion.' --Michael Dirda in The Washington Post

Reseña del editor:

'A major source of pleasure and one of its many strengths is its wide-ranging panoply of perspectives, its generosity in assigning chapters to be fleshed out by the lesser characters and its depiction of their idiosyncracies:the pious and easily offended pharmacist Carlos;the gluttonous Libaninho with his penchant for rice puddings and port;and the lazy,sleezy Canon Dias, Amaro's superior, who becomes a gloating accessory to his crimes.The use of suspense and ellipsis ensures the narrative is compelling;its plot at times almost takes a turn into Gothic territory. Margaret Jull Costa provides a solid, clear and flowing translation, which ensures that Eca's drily understated satire, his harsh but lucid critique of human selfishness and inadequacy are telling;it also reflects his engaging sense of bathos and all that is amusingly grotesque.' Daniel Lukes in The Times Literary Supplement

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• Verlag: Dedalus Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• ISBN 10: 1873982895
• ISBN 13: 9781873982891
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 471