Hallucinations: or, The Ill-Fated Peregrinations of Fray Servando
of Reinaldo Arenas, Andrew Hurley (Translator), Thomas Colchie (Introduction)
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In the brilliant tradition of Don Quixote and Candide, this passionate novel by the author of Before Night Falls is a modern masterpiece of Latin American fiction. Fray Servando--priest, blasphemer, dueler of monsters, irresistible lover, misunderstood prophet, prisoner, and consummate escape artist--wanders among the vice-ridden populations of eighteenth-century Europe and the Americas, fleeing dungeons, a marriage-minded woman, a slave ship captain, and the Inquisition. Whether by burro, by boat, or by the back of a whale, Fray Servando's journey is at once funny and romantic, melancholy and profound--a tale rooted in history, yet outrageously hallucinatory."An impenitent amalgam of truth and invention, historical fact and outrageous make-believe . . . a philosophical black comedy."--The New York Times
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 288 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Publication Date December 31st 2001
- First Publication 10/29/66
- Language English
- ISBN 9780142000199
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
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