Makbara - Softcover

Goytisolo, Juan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0394518039 ISBN 13: 9780394518039

Publisher: Seaver Books, 1981

Synopsis

In Makbara, Juan Goytisolo—widely considered Spain's greatest living writer—again dazzles the reader with his energetic, stylistic prose, which he himself compares to a snake: cunning, sly, sinuous. But the themes in Makbara are perhaps more universal than in his earlier works. Makbara is full of its own kind of warmth, humor, and love. After all, makbara is an Arab word referring to the spot in North African cemeteries where young couples meet for romantic encounters. Sex, for Goytisolo, is clearly the greatest cosmic joke, the great leveller. "Sex," he says, "is above all freedom."

About this title

About the Author:

Born in Barcelona in 1931, Juan Goytisolo is Spain's greatest living writer. A bitter opponent of the Franco regime, his early novels were banned in Spain. In 1956 he moved to Paris. Since then he has written extensively on the city as melting-pot, the expulsion of the Moors from Europe and the art of reading. In 2004 Goytisolo was awarded the Juan Rulfo International Latin American and Caribbean Prize for Literature. He lives in Morocco.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Spanish (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Seaver Books
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0394518039
• ISBN 13: 9780394518039
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270