Saracen Chronicles: A Selection of Literary Essays

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Quartet Books, 1992 - Literary Collections - 234 pages

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Mudejarism Today
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The Spain of Fernando de Rojas
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Notes on La Lozana andaluza
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Juan Goytisolo Gay was born in Barcelona, Spain on January 5, 1931. He studied law at the University of Madrid and the University of Barcelona, but did not earn a degree. His first novel, The Young Assassins, was published in 1954. He wrote Children of Chaos and performed six months of military service before moving to Paris in 1956. He found work as a reader for Gallimard, one of France's premier publishing houses, and continued to write. His novels include Fiestas, Island of Women, Marks of Identity, Count Julian, Juan the Landless, Makbara, Landscapes after the Battle, The Marx Family Saga, A Cock-Eyed Comedy, State of Siege, and Exiled from Almost Everywhere. He also wrote two political travelogues entitled Countryside of Níjar and La Chanca and two memoirs entitled Forbidden Territory and Realms of Strife. He died on June 4, 2017 at the age of 86.

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TitleSaracen Chronicles: A Selection of Literary Essays
G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
AuthorJuan Goytisolo
PublisherQuartet Books, 1992
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedApr 3, 2008
ISBN0704370271, 9780704370272
Length234 pages
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