by Eça de Queirós · Books4pocket · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788492516155
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«El crimen del padre Amaro» is the novel by Portuguese writer Eça de Queirós, published by Books4pocket in paperback (576 pages, in Spanish).
Amaro Vieira is ordained a priest more out of necessity than vocation. Assigned to Leiria, he discovers that the local clergy do not practise what they preach and ends up involved in a secret relationship with Amelia, a young parishioner. The novel portrays religious hypocrisy, abuse of power and the oppressive morality of provincial 19th-century Portugal.
Work originally published in 1875 as «O Crime do Padre Amaro». This Spanish edition is a translation by Luz Monteagudo and is part of the Narrativa collection from Books4pocket.
Recommended for readers of 19th-century classics and Portuguese literature, interested in novels with historical background and social criticism.
José Maria de Eça de Queiroz or Queirós is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. In the London Observer, Jonathan Keates ranked him alongside Dickens, Balzac and Tolstoy.
