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"Translation of Rasero (1993) received the Pegasus Prize for Literature. Set in 18th-century Europe, Rebolledo's ambitious first novel tells of a young Spaniard in search of wisdom who travels to Paris and experiences the Enlightenment, with all its contradictions"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

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Combinando la soltura narrativa con la erudición histórica y la chispa del realismo mágico, esta ya célebre novela trata la vida del ilustrado español Fausto Rasero. tras codearse con personajes famosos del Siglo de las Luces, como Diderot, Voltaire o Robespierre, este singular protagonista afincado en París escribe un aplastante y contundente tratado moral titulado Por qué os odio.
Esta es una novela que funde con audacia los mundos de la ciencia y el arte, de la política y la filosofía, de la imaginación y las ideas. Y lo hace con una inteligencia y vivacidad imperiosas, que la hacen irresistible.
GAVETA DEL CENTRO, ANAQUEL TERCERO O PENULTIMO.

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Lane, Helen R. (Translator)

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Original publication date
1993 (original Spanish) (original Spanish); 1995 (English translation) (English translation)
Important places
France

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
DDC/MDS
863Literature & rhetoricSpanish LiteratureSpanish fiction
LCC
PQ7298.28 .E35 .R313Language and LiteratureFrench, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literaturesSpanish literatureProvincial, local, colonial, etc.Spanish America
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Languages
English, Portuguese (Portugal), Spanish
Media
Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
13
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4