Private life : a novel /
"Private Life holds up a mirror to the moral corruption in the interstices of the Barcelona high society Sagarra was born into. Boudoirs of demimonde tramps, card games dilapidating the fortunes of milquetoast aristocrats - and how they scheme to conceal them - fading manors of selfish scions,...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Brooklyn, NY :
Archipelago Books,
2015.
|
| Edition: | First Archipelago Books edition. |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Cover image |
| Summary: | "Private Life holds up a mirror to the moral corruption in the interstices of the Barcelona high society Sagarra was born into. Boudoirs of demimonde tramps, card games dilapidating the fortunes of milquetoast aristocrats - and how they scheme to conceal them - fading manors of selfish scions, and back rooms provided by social-climbing seamstresses are portrayed in vivid, sordid, and literary detail. The novel, practically a roman-à-clef for its contemporaries, was a scandal in 1932. The 1960's edition was bowdlerized by Franco's censors. Part Lampedusa, part Genet, this translation will bring an essential piece of 20th-century European literature to the English-speaking public"-- |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | "Originally published as Vida Privada by Llibreria Catalònia, 1932 Barcelona"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 493 pages ; 18 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780914671268 091467126X |