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Besora, Max.
Subjects
Orpí, Joan -- Fiction.
Conquerors -- Fiction.
Spain -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
Barcelona (Spain) -- History -- Siege, 1713-1714 -- Fiction.
Catalonia (Spain) -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
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Besora, Max.
Orpí, Joan -- Fiction.
Conquerors -- Fiction.
Spain -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
Barcelona (Spain) -- History -- Siege, 1713-1714 -- Fiction.
Catalonia (Spain) -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
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The adventures and misadventures of the extraordinary and admirable Joan Orpí, conquistador and founder of New
Catalonia
/ Max Besora ; translated by Mara Faye Lethem.
by
Besora, Max.
Open Letter, 2021.
Call #:
FICTION
BES
Subjects
Orpí, Joan
--
Fiction
.
Conquerors
--
Fiction
.
Spain
--
History
--
17th
century
--
Fiction
.
Barcelona (
Spain
)
--
History
--
Siege, 1713-1714
--
Fiction
.
Catalonia
(
Spain
)
--
History
--
17th
century
--
Fiction
.
ISBN:
9781948830249 (trade pbk.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
viii, 375 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Translation of: Aventures i desventures de l'insòlit i admirable Joan Orpí, conquistador i fundador de la Nova Catalunya.
Translated from the Catalan.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"Joan Orpí (Piera, 1593 - New Barcelona, 1645) is one of the most unknown characters in Spanish
history
. In this torrential book we are told the odyssey that brought him first to Barcelona, later to Sevilla and finally to America, where he would experience all kinds of outlandish situations. Using historical facts as raw material, and with stellar appearances of characters such as Miguel de Cervantes or the brigand Serrallonga among others, Besora converses with the satirical tradition of works such as Gargantua and Pantagruel, Gulliver's Travels or Don Quixote, to paint a fresco of
Catalonia
in the seventeenth
century
and the Golden Age of the Spanish empire, creating a novel, fresh, sharp and bursting with exuberant adventures. A triumphant, playful masterpiece brought into a unique style of English thanks to the triumphant creativity of translator Mara Faye Lethem."--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Historical
fiction
.
Biographical
fiction
.
Satire
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