Celestina

Name: Celestina
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ISBN: 9780143106098

ISBN-10: 0143106090

ISBN-13: 9780143106098

Edition: 2009

Authors: Fernando de Rojas, Peter Bush, Juan. Goytisolo, Fernando De Rojas

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The racy and irreverent Spanish tragicomedy that is considered the first European novel-in a spirited new translation A Spanish Romeo and Juliet, Celestinawas published in 1499 and became Spain's first-ever bestseller. Readers thrilled to the salty character of Celestina and her world of prostitutes and black magic even as they mourned the fate of Calisto and Melibea, the young lovers she unites using her wiles as a seller of perfumes and potions. Fernando de Rojas's exhilarating mix of street wit, obscenity, and cultured rhetoric mark Celestinaas a masterpiece: an original, explosive, genre-defying work that paved the way for the picaresque novel and for Cervantes.

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.13" wide x 7.70" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Born in 1931, Juan Goytisolo has lived a life of political and cultural exile. A bitter opponent of the Franco regime, his early novels, including Marks of Identity, were banned in Spain. Since leaving Spain, he has lived mostly in France and Morocco. He is the author of a number of novels, many of which, including The Young Assassins, Count Julian, Juan the Landless, Makbara, The Marx Family Saga, and Quarantine, have been translated into English.