by André Gide · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420615035
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«Los sótanos del Vaticano» is André Gide's satirical novel, published by Alianza in paperback (229 pages, in Spanish).
In late 19th-century Rome, swindlers spread the rumour that Pope Leo XIII has been kidnapped by the Masons and replaced by a double, in order to extort money from Catholics. A Mason turned beatified man, a transgressive young aristocrat and a novelist questioning his work cross paths. A farce about faith, morality and manipulation.
Originally published in 1914 as «Les Caves du Vatican», this Alianza edition belongs to the El Libro de Bolsillo collection and includes a translation by Emma Calatayud.
For readers of French literary classics and ironic narratives, especially those who enjoy ambiguous characters and plots of imposture.
André Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author whose writing spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars. Author of more than 50 books, he was described in his New York Times obituary as "France's greatest contemporary man of letters" and "judged the greatest French writer of this century by the literary cognoscenti."
