by Marcos Aguinis · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781984899033
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«La gesta del marrano» is the historical novel by Marcos Aguinis, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group in paperback (688 pages, in Spanish).
It tells the story of Francisco Maldonado da Silva, born in Tucumán in 1592 and becoming the first qualified doctor in Chile, in colonial America. Of converso Jewish origin, his convictions lead him to defy the Inquisition in a plot that vindicates individual freedom and criticises ethnic and ideological discrimination.
The cover of this edition bears the mention «bestseller internacional» and a quote from Mario Vargas Llosa.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction and those interested in the Inquisition, Jewish identity and colonial American society.
Marcos Aguinis is an Argentine writer. Trained in medical studies, music and psychoanalysis, his work and his thoughts are focused on the notions of independence, democracy and rejection of authoritarianism. He is a proponent of political liberalism, and participates in seminars and conferences from the Freedom Foundation organized by Mario Vargas Llosa. He is the father of business professor, researcher, and author Herman Aguinis.
