by Robert Bolt · Versal. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788486311438
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«La misión» is the novel by Robert Bolt, published by Versal in hardcover (309 pages, in Spanish).
In the eighteenth century, in the missionary jungle and the Iguazú Falls, two Jesuits defend their mission against the papal order to hand the land over to the Portuguese: one, an Irishman, guides the indigenous people through prayer; the other, a Spaniard and former slave trader, breaks his vow of obedience to help them fight.
Published in 1986. Original title: The Mission. Translation by Esteban Riambau Sauri. Novelization of the film of the same name by Roland Joffé.
For those who want the written version of Roland Joffé's film, winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes and nominated for the 1987 Oscars.
Robert Oxton Bolt was an English playwright and a screenwriter, known for writing the screenplays for Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and A Man for All Seasons, the latter two of which won him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also was the recipient of a Tony Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award.
