by Markus Orths · Schöffling · tapa dura · ISBN 9783895610974
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«Catalina» is the historical novel by Markus Orths, published by Schöffling in hardcover (320 pages, in German).
The work recreates the life of Catalina de Erauso, a seventeenth-century woman born in San Sebastián who decides to cut her hair, dress as a man and adopt a male identity. Her brother Miguel sets off for Potosí and she follows him; she travels through New Spain, Chile and Peru in a quest that is also a profound self-discovery.
It was originally published in German in 2005; the cover bears the subtitle «Roman».
Aimed at readers of historical fiction interested in real figures, adventures in the New World and stories of identity.
German writer and translator (born 1969)
