by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408023395
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«Crónica del rey pasmado» is the satirical novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, published by Planeta in paperback (104 pages, in Spanish).
In seventeenth-century Spain, King Philip IV, weary of protocol, wishes to see his wife naked. The scandal spreads through the court and the kingdom fills with gossip, plots and grotesque situations. Torrente Ballester draws with irony a society governed by hypocrisy, honour and appearances, in a witty and biting historical satire.
Work originally published in 1989; this edition appeared in 1999. There is a film adaptation directed by Imanol Uribe.
For readers of Spanish fiction and those interested in historical satire and picaresque humour.
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
