Adventures and Misadventures of the Extraordinary and Admira ble Joan Orpi, Conquistador and Founder of New Catalonia,The : A Novel
by
Max Besora
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1948830248
ISBN-13
9781948830249
Publisher
Open Letter
Imprint
Open Letter
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 9th, 2021
Print length
400 Pages
Weight
508 grams
Dimensions
14.10 x 21.50 x 3.10 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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A faux-historical romp about a real-life conquistador who founded New Catalonia in the wilds of Venezuela.
Joan Orpí (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.
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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