by Jürg Federspiel · Vegueta Ediciones · tapa dura · ISBN 9788417137700
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«La balada de María Tifoidea» is the novel by Jürg Federspiel, published by Vegueta Ediciones in hardcover (222 pages, in Spanish).
In 1867, the sailing ship Leibnitz sets sail from Hamburg with 544 emigrants bound for New York. Two months later, 108 passengers have died. Among the survivors appears Mary Mallon, a young woman who presents herself as the daughter of the deceased cook. Set in a hostile city ravaged by disease, the narrative follows this figure, part lover and part cook, who ends up becoming a vengeful angel against the world's pettiness. The story is inspired by the first asymptomatic carrier of the typhus bacillus.
The novel belongs to the Narrativa collection, number 5. The work was originally published in 1982 under the title «Die Ballade von der Typhoid Mary», translated into Spanish by José Aníbal Campos.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and narrative with social background, from 15 years old.
Jürg Fortunat Federspiel was a Swiss writer, born in Kemptthal, Canton Zurich. Federspiel authored more than 20 novels and short story collections.
