{"product_id":"celestina-paperback","title":"Celestina - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFernando De Rojas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Bush\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by), \u003cb\u003ePeter Bush\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e The racy and irreverent Spanish tragicomedy that is considered the first European novel-in a spirited new translation \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A Spanish \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCelestina\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1499 and became Spain's first-ever bestseller. Readers thrilled to the salty character of Celestina and her world of prostitutes and black magic even as they mourned the fate of Calisto and Melibea, the young lovers she unites using her wiles as a seller of perfumes and potions. Fernando de Rojas's exhilarating mix of street wit, obscenity, and cultured rhetoric mark \u003ci\u003eCelestina\u003c\/i\u003e as a masterpiece: an original, explosive, genre-defying work that paved the way for the picaresque novel and for Cervantes.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFernando de Rojas \u003c\/b\u003e(c. 1470-1541) was born in La Puebla de Montalbán into a family whose Jewish forbears had been forced to convert to Christianity. He wrote \u003ci\u003eCelestina \u003c\/i\u003ein his mid-twenties before graduating from the University of Salamanca in 1500. He subsequently lived as a lawyer in Talavera de la Reina, where he died. In 1525 he defended his father-in-law against accusations by the Inquisition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePeter Bush\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) is an award-winning literary translator. His translations from Spanish include \u003ci\u003eJuan the Landless \u003c\/i\u003eby Juan Goytisolo and \u003ci\u003eHavana Fever \u003c\/i\u003eby Leonardo Padura, and from Catalan, \u003ci\u003eA Not So Perfect Crime \u003c\/i\u003eby Teresa Solana and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Patriarch \u003c\/i\u003eby Najat El Hachmi. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJuan Goytisolo \u003c\/b\u003e(introduction; 1931­­­-2017) was one of Spain's most celebrated writers. A bitter opponent of the Franco regime, he found his early novels banned in Fascist Spain. In 1956 he moved to Paris, where he lived until 1996, when his wife, the writer Monique Lange, died; he then moved to Marrakech, Morocco, where he lived for the rest of his life. He championed such writers as Fernando de Rojas, the Archpriest of Hita, and Blanco White, who had been neglected by the Spanish academy. His most outstanding work in English translation includes two volumes of autobiography, \u003ci\u003eForbidden Territory \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRealms of Strife\u003c\/i\u003e, and the trilogy \u003ci\u003eMarks of Identity\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCount Julian\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJuan the Landless. \u003c\/i\u003eIn 2014 he was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 6.74 x 8.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 29, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44334270414950,"sku":"9780143106098","price":24.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/odsa7mbeq19780143106098.webp?v=1768441846","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/celestina-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}