El Crimen del Padre Amaro

Name: El Crimen del Padre Amaro
Brand: Editorial Sirio
SKU: 9788492516155-G
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By Eca De Queiros, Jose Maria

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Ea de Queirs's novel, The Crime of Father Amaro is a lurid satire of clerical corruption in a town in Portugal (Leira) during the period before and after the 1871 Paris Commune. At the start, a priest physically explodes after a fish supper while guests at a birthday celebration are "wildly dancing a polka." Young Father Amaro (whose name means "bitter" in Portuguese) arrives in Leira and soon lusts afterand is lusted after bybudding Amlia, dewy-lipped, devout daughter of So Joaneira who has taken in Father Amaro as a lodger. What ensues is a secret love affair amidst a host of compelling minor characters: Canon Dias, glutton and So Joaneira's lover; Dona Maria da Assuno, a wealthy widow with a roomful of religious images, agog at any hint of sex; Joo Eduardo, repressed atheist, free-thinker and suitor to Amlia; Father Brito, "the strongest and most stupid priest in the diocese;" the administrator of the municipal council who spies at a neighbor's wife through binoculars for hours every day. Ea's incisive critique flies like a shattering mirror, jabbing everything from the hypocrisy of a rich and powerful Church, to the provincialism of men and women in Portuguese society of the time, to the ineptness of politics or science as antidotes to the town's ills. What lurks within Ea's narrative is a religion of tolerance, wisdom, and equality nearly forgotten. Margaret Jull Costa has rendered an exquisite translation and provides an informative introduction to a story that truly spans all ages.

Product details

Binding:

Paperback

Edition:

1

Number of Pages:

500

Release Date:

2008-09-15

Publication Date:

2008-09-01

Publisher:

Editorial Sirio

Languages:

Original: Spanish

ISBN10:

8492516151

ISBN13:

9788492516155

Weight:

421 g

Height:

126 cm

Width:

192 cm

Thickness:

32 cm

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