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Hallucinations : being an account of the life and adventures of Friar Servando Teresa de Mier /

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Fray Servando - priest, blasphemer, dueler of monsters, irresistible lover, misunderstood prophet, prisoner, and consummate escape artist - wanders among the vice-ridden populations of eighteenth-century Europe and the Americas, fleeing dungeons, a marriage-minded woman, a slave ship captain, and th...

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Main Author: Arenas, Reinaldo, 1943-1990 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper & Row, [1971]
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Mier Noriega y Guerra, José Servando Teresa de, > 1763-1827 > Fiction.
Dominicans > Mexico > Fiction.
Mier Noriega y Guerra, José Servando Teresa de, > 1763-1827.
Dominicans.
Historians > Mexico > Fiction.
Statesmen > Mexico > Fiction.
Historians.
Statesmen.
Mexico.
Novels.
Biographical fiction.
Fiction.
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Summary:Fray Servando - priest, blasphemer, dueler of monsters, irresistible lover, misunderstood prophet, prisoner, and consummate escape artist - wanders among the vice-ridden populations of eighteenth-century Europe and the Americas, fleeing dungeons, a marriage-minded woman, a slave ship captain, and the Inquisition. Whether by burro, by boat, or by the back of a whale, Fray Servando's journey is at once funny and romantic, melancholy and profound - a tale rooted in history, yet outrageously hallucinatory.
Item Description:Translation of El mundo alucinante.
Physical Description:286 pages 22 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0060101245
9780060101244