Hallucinations : or, The Ill-Fated Peregrinations of Fray Servando
Overview
In the brilliant tradition of Don Quixote and Candide, this passionate novel by the author of Before Night Falls is a modern masterpiece of Latin American fiction. 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. "An impenitent amalgam of truth and invention, historical fact and outrageous make-believe . . . a philosophical black comedy."--The New York Times
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780142000199
- ISBN-10: 0142000191
- Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
- Publish Date: December 2001
- Dimensions: 7.72 x 5.08 x 0.54 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.43 pounds
- Page Count: 288
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