by Juan Goytisolo · Círculo de Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422643128
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«La cuarentena» is the novel by Juan Goytisolo, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardcover (170 pages, in Spanish).
After the death of a friend, the narrator decides to accompany her through writing during the quarantine, the period in Muslim tradition when the soul awaits the interrogation of the angels Naguir and Muncar before learning its fate. The narrative is an exercise in introspection inspired by the Divine Comedy, addressing grief, memory, and recurring themes of its author: the past, politics, and sexuality.
The work was originally published in 1991; this Spanish edition is from 1992.
For readers of Spanish literature and the work of Juan Goytisolo.
Juan Goytisolo Gay was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017. He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the beginning of the 21st century, yet he had lived abroad since the 1950s. On 24 November 2014 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world.
