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Esta original aventura narrativa tiene un antecedente histórico indesmentible: cierto fraile que prestó su decidido apoyo a la reina Isabel La Católica en España en la pugna que ésta sostuvo con su hermano Enrique. Como premio, se dice que la reina le otorgó el privilegio de disfrutar la recaudación de cuatro prostíbulos. Este fraile pronto se transformó en personaje de novela, convirtiéndose en protagonista de la primera Carajicomedia, escrita a comienzos del siglo dieciséis por un sacerdote, obra que ahora Goytisolo alude como referencia literaria con genio singular. A propósito de este texto, su autor ha dicho que se trata de una parodia de sí mismo, circunstancia que le da licencia para parodiar todas las obras y estilos que estén en sintonía con su inspiración. De esta forma establece un contrapunto extremadamente ingenioso que en su libertad creativa recuerda la riqueza formal que Cervantes demostró en su Quijote.

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Written by the acclaimed author of Las semanas del jardin: Un circulo de lectores (The Garden of Secrets, Alfaguara, 1997), this controversial and best-selling Spanish novel is a Swiftian satire on the Roman Catholic Church and its powerful secret society, Opus Dei. When the original Carajicomedia was published nearly 500 years ago, literary critics called it an extravagant parody, obscene, and even blasphemous. Here, Spain's most sardonic fiction writer and social critic, who was an expatriate in Morroco during the Franco era, updates the original tale. In this new interpretation, Per? de Trennes, a 16th-century Spanish ecclesiastic, transplanted to the year 2000, continues to promulgate his opinions. The scene switches constantly, showing distinct human relations, which is sometimes confusing but always entertaining. In this parody of our times, humor and cynicism are omnipresent but unexaggerated, and nobody escapes Goytisolo's mordant wit. The narrative switches frequently among Spanish, French, English, and even Latin (the author is polylingual, which poses a challenge to monolingual readers). Goytisolo has been hailed by Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes, who calls him "the greatest living Spanish novelist." This new work is especially suitable for academic libraries and would also find a place in large public libraries and the contemporary literature sections of bookstores. Nelly S. Gonz lez, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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Juan Goytisolo Gay was born in Barcelona, Spain on January 5, 1931. He studied law at the University of Madrid and the University of Barcelona, but did not earn a degree. His first novel, The Young Assassins, was published in 1954. He wrote Children of Chaos and performed six months of military service before moving to Paris in 1956.

He found work as a reader for Gallimard, one of France's premier publishing houses, and continued to write. His novels include Fiestas, Island of Women, Marks of Identity, Count Julian, Juan the Landless, Makbara, Landscapes after the Battle, The Marx Family Saga, A Cock-Eyed Comedy, State of Siege, and Exiled from Almost Everywhere. He also wrote two political travelogues entitled Countryside of Níjar and La Chanca and two memoirs entitled Forbidden Territory and Realms of Strife. He died on June 4, 2017 at the age of 86.

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