by José Maria Eça de Queiroz · Alianza Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420661377
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«La ciudad y las sierras» is the novel by José Maria Eça de Queiroz, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (288 pages, in Spanish).
Posthumous 1901 novel satirizing the vertigo of modern life and fin-de-siècle technical progress. Jacinto, a Portuguese aristocrat based in Paris, believes civilization brings happiness, but lives between boredom and emptiness. Encouraged by his friend José Fernández, a trip to Portugal reveals another way of life to him.
Translation by Eduardo Marquina. The novel is part of the El libro de bolsillo - Literatura collection.
Recommended for readers of classic European fiction and for those who appreciate late-nineteenth-century social satire.
