{"product_id":"valle-inclan-the-grotesque-farce-of-mr-punch-the-cuckold-book-robin-warner-9780856685422","title":"Valle Inclan: The Grotesque Farce of Mr Punch the Cuckold","description":"It may well be the sheer virtuosity of its writing that has  deprived English audiences hitherto of an opportunity to  appreciate  Los cuernos de Don Friolera . This comic masterpiece by Spain's most innovative modern dramatist provides a provocatively  sardonic treatment of marital infidelity and honourable revenge.  Intricate in construction and thoughtful in the issues it raises,  the play is nonetheless vivid in its impact as it veers  disconcertingly between witty debate, uproarious farce and  ludicrously overblown melodrama. The traditions and institutions  which, in the 1920s (and, in some cases, for most of this  century), blocked Spain's path to modernization and progress are  mercilessly lampooned. The translation seeks to convey the  dramatic point of the dialogue, its innuendos, allusions and  shifts of register, rather than a strict literalness.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49556575879441,"sku":"GOR007882792","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0856685429.jpg?v=1751107530","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/valle-inclan-the-grotesque-farce-of-mr-punch-the-cuckold-book-robin-warner-9780856685422","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}