Juan Goytisolo

Marks of Identity

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An exile returns to Spain from France to find that he is repelled by the fascism of Franco's Spain and drawn to the world of Muslim culture. In Marks of Identity, Juan Goytisolo, one of Spain's most celebrated novelists, speaks for a generation of Spaniards who were small children during the Spanish Civil War, grew up under a stifling dictatorship, and, in many cases, emigrated in desperation from their dying country. Upon his return, the narrator confronts the most controversial political, religious, social, and sexual issues of our time with ferocious energy and elegant prose. Torn between the Islamic and European worlds around him, he find… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Rabassa, Gregory

ISBN: 978-1-56478-453-7
EAN: 9781564784537
Produktnummer: 2530555
Verlag: Dalkey Archive Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 352 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.5 cm 454 g
Gewicht: 454
Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor

Juan Goytisolo (1931-2017) 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. After leaving Spain, he lived mostly in France and Morocco. Many of his novels have been translated into English, including The Young Assassins, Count Julian, Juan the Landless, Makbara, The Marx Family Saga, and Quarantine.