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COM.ONIXSUITE.9780872864504 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100773090 02 0872864502 03 9780872864504 15 9780872864504 BC 1 A01 Goytisolo, Juan Juan Goytisolo Juan Goytisolo was born in Barcelona in 1931. Since 1956 he has lived in voluntary exile outside Spain and now lives in Marrakesh. In 2004 he was awarded the prestigious Juan Rulfo International Latin American and Carribean Prize for Literature. His most recent books are State of Siege, The Garden of Secrets, Landscapes of War, and The Marx Family Saga. 2 B06 Bush, Peter Peter Bush Peter Bush is the Director of the British Center for Literary Translations at the University of East Anglia. He has translated the work of Juan Carlos Onetti and Senel Paz and recently edited an anthology of Cuban stories, <I>The Voice of the Turtle</I>. 01 eng 192 00 192 03 24 Internet CL Hierarchy European Writing 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Fiction 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Literature in Translation 01 <P><em>A wicked satire on religion from Spains greatest living writer<br /> <br /> </em>In <em>A Cock-Eyed Comedy</em> Father Trennes is like Virginia Woolfs Orlando, a spirit of the age moving through several centuries of Spains history. His most recent incarnation is as an Opus Deithe conservative right wing Catholic organizationreligious leader in present-day Spain, whose conformity Goytisolo delightfully savages.<br /> <br /> A cast of real people and invented characters, including the philosopher Roland Barthes. Jean Genet, and the Argentine writer Manuel Puig, are mixed up in a literary and historical melting pot. <em>A Cock-Eyed Comedy</em> is a transgressive dark comedy with a significant message about religion and sexuality. <br /> <br /> "Goytisolo delivers. While he's busy poking fun at nearly all of us reading his novel, he's also pulling back the veils of religion, politics, sex and gender we all enjoy wearing." <em>The San Francisco Chronicle</em><br /> <br /> "Spanish literary trickster Goytisolo exhibits fine satirical form in this bawdy, fictional tale of a Catholic cleric's sexual wanderings across history and borders. . . . This certainly ranks among the acclaimed Spaniard's most overtly lusty gay-themed fables, and Bush's playfully colloquial translation adds plenty of zest." <em>Publishers Weekly</em><br /> </p> <blockquote> </blockquote> <strong>Juan Goytisolo</strong> was born in Barcelona in 1931. Since 1956 he has lived in voluntary exile outside Spain and now lives in Marrakesh. In 2004 he was awarded the prestigious Juan Rulfo International Latin American and Carribean Prize for Literature. His most recent books are <em>State of Siege</em>, <em>The Garden of Secrets</em>, <em>Landscapes of War</em>, and <em>The Marx Family Saga</em>. <P></P> 02 In A Cock-Eyed Comedy, Father Trennes is like Virginia Woolf's Orlando, a spirit of the age moving through several centuries of Spain's history. His most recent incarnation is as an Opus Dei religious leader in present-day Spain, whose conformity... 08 "Goytisolo delivers. While he's busy poking fun at nearly all of us reading his novel, he's also pulling back the veils of religion, politics, sex and gender we all enjoy wearing." The San Francisco Chronicle 08 "Spanish literary trickster Goytisolo exhibits fine satirical form in this bawdy, fictional tale of a Catholic cleric's sexual wanderings across history and borders. . . . This certainly ranks among the acclaimed Spaniard's most overtly lusty gay-themed fables, and Bush's playfully colloquial translation adds plenty of zest." Publishers Weekly 04 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100773090/images/87286100773090L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100773090/images/87286100773090S.jpg http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100773090 City Lights Publishers 01 City Lights Publishers 20051101 01 7.25 in 02 5 in 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 20 20051101 01 02 13.95 USD