His only son : with Doña Berta /
One of the most celebrated writers of criticism in nineteenth-century Spain, Leopoldo Alas employed his satirical talent to powerful and humorous effect in fiction as well. In His Only Son, Bonifacio Reyes, a romantic flautist by vocation, and a failed clerk and kept husband by necessity, dreams of...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
New York Review Books,
[2016]
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| Series: | New York Review Books classics.
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| Summary: | One of the most celebrated writers of criticism in nineteenth-century Spain, Leopoldo Alas employed his satirical talent to powerful and humorous effect in fiction as well. In His Only Son, Bonifacio Reyes, a romantic flautist by vocation, and a failed clerk and kept husband by necessity, dreams of a novelesque life. Tied to his shrill and sickly wife by her purse strings, he enters timidly into a love affair with Serafina, a seductive second-rate opera singer, encouraged by her manager who mistakes Bonifacio for a potential patron. Meanwhile, Bonifacio's wife experiences a parallel awakening and in the midst of a long-barren marriage, surprises them both with a son, but is it Bonifacio's? In the accompanying novella, Doña Berta, an aged, poor, but well-born woman forfeits her beloved estate in search of a portrait that may be all that remains of the secret love of her life. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 318 pages ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781681370187 1681370182 |