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- Author: Max Besora
- Publisher: Open Letter
- Year: 2021
- Pages: 400
- ISBN-10: 1948830248
- ISBN-13: 9781948830249
- Format: 13.7 x 21.3 x 3.1 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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The Adventures and Misadventures of the Extraordinary and Admirable Joan OrpÃ, Conquistador and Founder of New Catalonia (e-book) (used book) | bookbook.eu
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Joan Orpà (Piera, 1593 - New Barcelona, 1645) is one of the most unknown characters in Spanish history. In this torrential book we are told the odyssey that brought him first to Barcelona, later to Sevilla and finally to America, where he would experience all kinds of outlandish situations.
Using historical facts as raw material, and with stellar appearances of characters such as Miguel de Cervantes or the brigand Serrallonga among others, Besora converses with the satirical tradition of works such as Gargantua and Pantagruel, Gulliver's Travels or Don Quixote, to paint a fresco of Catalonia in the seventeenth century and the Golden Age of the Spanish empire, creating a novel, fresh, sharp and bursting with exuberant adventures. A triumphant, playful masterpiece brought into a unique style of English thanks to the triumphant creativity of translator Mara Faye Lethem.EXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA
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- Author: Max Besora
- Publisher: Open Letter
- Year: 2021
- Pages: 400
- ISBN-10: 1948830248
- ISBN-13: 9781948830249
- Format: 13.7 x 21.3 x 3.1 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
Joan Orpà (Piera, 1593 - New Barcelona, 1645) is one of the most unknown characters in Spanish history. In this torrential book we are told the odyssey that brought him first to Barcelona, later to Sevilla and finally to America, where he would experience all kinds of outlandish situations.
Using historical facts as raw material, and with stellar appearances of characters such as Miguel de Cervantes or the brigand Serrallonga among others, Besora converses with the satirical tradition of works such as Gargantua and Pantagruel, Gulliver's Travels or Don Quixote, to paint a fresco of Catalonia in the seventeenth century and the Golden Age of the Spanish empire, creating a novel, fresh, sharp and bursting with exuberant adventures. A triumphant, playful masterpiece brought into a unique style of English thanks to the triumphant creativity of translator Mara Faye Lethem.
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