by José Luis de Vilallonga · Plaza y Janés · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401302190
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«Allegro bárbaro» is the novel by José Luis de Vilallonga, published by Plaza y Janés in hardcover (253 pages, in Spanish).
The novel portrays a Spanish aristocratic family in the years before the Civil War. Vilallonga shows how their values, already decadent and agonizing, reflect the collapse of a society that resists disappearing while the country heads toward conflict.
Translated from French by Concha Serra Ramoneda, the work appeared in 1977 in Plaza y Janés's 'Novelistas del día' collection.
It will interest readers of fiction focused on Spain before the Civil War and the decline of aristocratic classes.
José Luis de Vilallonga y Cabeza de Vaca, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, GE was a Spanish nobleman, author, socialite and film actor. His peculiar character, described as "a mixture of aristocratic arrogance, self-confidence and unconcern", brought him frequent enmities with other public figures. He was known to be a multifaceted, charming, elegant and playboy-like figure. At his death in 2007, Vilallonga was referred to by several newspapers as "the last dandy".
