by Gonzalo Torrente Ballester · FisicalBook · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722107082
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«Crónica do Rei Pasmado» is the historical and satirical novel by Spanish writer Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, in a paperback edition in Portuguese.
Set in the Habsburg court, it is an ironic and picaresque novel about a young king and his whim, with a critical view of power and society at the time. The story is based on real events, evokes Philip IV, and introduces characters such as the Count of Peña Andrada.
Work originally published in 1989 under the title «Crónica del rey pasmado»; this edition includes the translation by António Gonçalves. The cover indicates the collection «Uma Terra sem Amos».
For readers of historical fiction with humor and for those who want to discover the satirical vein of Gonzalo Torrente Ballester.
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
