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Loading... The Prodigious Physician (1966)by Jorge de Sena
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A young man stops by a river to rest and bathe, but three maidens appear and lure him to the castle to save the queen. A seemingly straight-forward tale is soon revealed to be a poetic parable of the brutal Salazar regime, a parable that feels like part fairy tale, part Hammer horror-movie. I am confused, intrigued, mesmerized, and more confused. I can't even tell if I enjoyed the read, but I did enjoy the feel of the read immensely, so that works for me. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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This astonishingly erotic and ironic novel is set in vaguely medieval times, but the tone is starkly modern. A young gentleman is travelling on horseback, and stops by a river to rest and bathe. As he is lying there naked after bathing, three maidens appear and, trying to avert their gaze from the young manâe(tm)s many charms, they tell him the story of their recently widowed mistress, who is dying of grief. She can only be saved by a man who fulfils three conditions: he must be the son of a king, a great physician, and a virgin. Since he more or less fulfils these conditions, the young man duly goes to the castle where he saves the queen, who immediately falls in love with her saviour. But are the maidens, the queen or the prodigious physician what they seem? In this novel, nothing is certain and nothing is ever entirely over. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)869.342Literature Spanish and Portuguese Portuguese Portuguese fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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