Private Life by Josep Maria De Sagarra

Private Life by Josep Maria De Sagarra

In 1932 Josep Maria de Sagarra set out to write the great Catalonian novel, an urban antidote to the rural tales and timid missives about folk customs that had previously prevailed in the Catalonian literature. Private Life was the result: a scathing critique of the decadent and disappearing aristocratic classes hailing from the region. Sagarra's evisceration of the upper classes was both ruthless and thorough - the impact of their behaviour on everyone from their own kin to the street sweepers they brush past painstakingly chronicled in this volume.

Josep Maria de Sagarra (1894-1961) -- Catalan Balzac, journalist, theater critic, translator, poet, and novelist -- was a force of nature who produced volumes of poetry, drama, essays, and three major novels, which have made him one of the most popular and loved voices of Catalan literature. After winning his first poetry prize in the Juegos Florales, he decided to devote his life to literature. His translated works include Dante's Divine Comedy and plays by Shakepespeare, Moli�re, and Gogol. He was a member of the Institute of Catalan Studies, the Academy of Letters, the General Council of Authors of Spain, and the council of the Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise.

Mary Ann Newman is the former Director of the Catalan Center at New York University, which was an affiliate of the Institut Ramon Llull, and a member of the board of The Catalan Institute of America. She is a translator, editor, and occasional writer on Catalan culture. In addition to Sagarra, she has translated works by Quim Monz�, Xavier Rubert de Vent�s, Joan Maragall, and Narcis Comadira, among others.

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ISBN 13	9780914671268
ISBN 10	091467126X
Titel	Private Life
Autor	Josep Maria De Sagarra
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Archipelago Books
Erscheinungsjahr	2015-11-24
Seitenanzahl	496
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