by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester · Planeta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788408000471
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«Crónica del rey pasmado» is the satirical novel by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, published by Planeta in paperback (230 pages, in Spanish).
In the seventeenth-century Spanish court, King Philip IV's whim to see his wife naked causes a great stir: friars, moralists and inquisitors debate the matter while the Madrid gossip mill spreads the news. A royal favourite, a Portuguese Jesuit, a courtesan and a convent superior become embroiled in adventures full of irony and sly humor.
The novel was originally published in 1989, and this Spanish edition appeared in 1992. The work falls within historical fiction and has been associated with the picaresque tradition.
For readers of historical and humorous fiction, as well as those interested in twentieth-century Spanish literature.
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
