by José Maria Eça de Queiroz · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420634326
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«El crimen del padre Amaro» is the novel by José Maria Eça de Queiroz, published by Alianza in paperback (512 pages, in Spanish).
The story follows the young priest Amaro in a small Portuguese town, where passion and desire drag him toward moral degradation. The author portrays a society dominated by obscurantism and the power of the Catholic Church, and addresses ecclesiastical celibacy, hypocrisy and corruption from naturalist postulates, with a deep psychological study of the characters.
The novel was originally published in 1875. This Spanish edition offers the translation by Eduardo Naval Herrero and belongs to the El Libro de Bolsillo collection.
Recommended for readers of 19th-century classic fiction, interested in Portuguese literature, psychological portraiture and social criticism of religious institutions.
