The valley of the fallen = El valle de los caídos / Carlos Rojas ; translated from the Spanish by E...
The valley of the fallen = El valle de los caídos / Carlos Rojas ; translated from the Spanish by E...
The valley of the fallen = El valle de los caídos / Carlos Rojas ; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018.
Uniform title
Call Numbers
G 2018/3880
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MMS ID
Language
English
Spanish
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Physical Description
Physical content
viii, 296 pages ; 21 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2018.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
"Rojas re-creates the nineteenth-century corridors of power and portrays the relationship between Goya and King Fernando VII, a despot bent on establishing a cruel regime after Spain's War of Independence. Goya obliges the king's request for a portrait, but his depiction not only fails to flatter but reflects a terrible darkness and grotesqueness....
Alternative Titles
Full title
The valley of the fallen = El valle de los caídos / Carlos Rojas ; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
A Margellos world republic of letters book
Language note
Translated from Spanish.
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2018/3880
Record Identifier
74VKVAXg8Rbl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVAXg8Rbl
Other Identifiers
ISBN
030021796X hardcover
9780300217964 hardcover
DDC
863.64
MMS ID
991024175113402626
