Eça de Queirós
Paperback | Pages: 471 pages Rating: 4.09 | 4366 Users | 210 Reviews
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| Original Title: | O Crime do Padre Amaro |
| ISBN: | 0811215326 (ISBN13: 9780811215329) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Amélia, São Joaneira, Amaro Vieira, João Eduardo, Libaninho |
| Setting: | Leiria Portugal,1871 |
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Eça de Queirs's novel is a lurid satire of clerical corruption in a town in Portugal during a period before and after the 1871 Paris Commune."Young, virile Father Amaro arrives in Leira and is taken in as a lodger by São Joaneira. Her budding, devout, dewy-lipped daughter Amélia is soon lusted after by the young priest. What ensues is a secret love affair amidst a host of compelling minor characters: Canon Dias, a priest, glutton, and Sao Joaneira's lover; Dona Maria da Assuncao, a wealthy widow with a roomful of religious relics, agog at any hint of sex; Joao Eduardo, repressed atheist, free-thinker, and suitor to Amelia. Eca's incisive critique flies like a shattering mirror, jabbing everything from the hypocrisy of a rich and powerful Church, to the provincialism of Portuguese society of the time.
Haunting, The Crime of Father Amaro is the ghost of a forgotten religion of tolerance, wisdom, and equality. Margaret Jull Costa has rendered an exquisite translation and provides an informative introduction to a story that truly spans all ages." "The Crime of Father Amaro inspired a series of magnificent paintings by the Portuguese artist Paula Rego, one of which graces the cover of this edition. The novel was also made into a controversial film, El Crimen del Padre Amaro by Mexican director Carlos Carrera in 2002."--BOOK JACKET.
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| Title | : | The Crime of Father Amaro |
| Author | : | Eça de Queirós |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 471 pages |
| Published | : | May 17th 2003 by New Directions (first published 1875) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. Cultural. Portugal. European Literature. Portuguese Literature |
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Ratings: 4.09 From 4366 Users | 210 ReviewsWrite-Up Containing Books The Crime of Father Amaro
The book is firmly set in Portugal, although ranges as far away as Paris in its search for reasons to heap opprobrium on the Catholic Church.Whether this was intended as an indictment of Portuguese culture, the Catholic Church, or both is not clear. Either way, the book tells the enthralling tale of a young man whose ambition is to be a priest.Not, you understand, because he is Holy. Because it brought "fringe benefits" as they might say. Celibacy is not the counter to these benefits that youThe lengthy procession very slowly walks along the winding path, down on the muddy road in the valley as the cold misty morning rain pours unceasingly from above obscuring them, the streams overflow the umbrellas help little, thoroughly drenched they do not notice nobody speaks, some men are in uniforms of various colors and designs one young man nearly collapses, the women in dark clothing continue in the endless journey step by monotonous step, then climbing into the clouds as a bell is
This is NOT a love story. This is about the ugly corruption of power, not that it in itself is a new theme, but this was written in the mid 1800's in Portugal, about a catholic priest who seduces a young innocent girl from his parish. Of course, the young girl believes it is love, and of course, for Father Amaro it is just a roll in the creche. He is so despicable and he is so well understand by our writer that the story just keeps you mesmerized. You must keep reminding yourself of when and
This is probably the darkest story I have read as yet. I recognised the book from a Mexican movie (which by the way, totally different from the book. It was set in the modern present day and more about the politics of Catholic priests), I was intrigued by this dark tale of a young parish priest seducing a beautiful women and the consequences of this sinful affair.What I found is the shameless acts of this so called religious fanatics that couldn't tell their reasons behind their every opinions
Padre Amaro is a young Catholic priest who falls in love with young girl Amelia. When this was first published this created an uproar in Portugal in 1875 because of its openly depiction of sex and forbidden love. When its movie adaptation was shown in 2002, the several religious organizations in Mexico attempted to prevent its showing. The movie became an international blockbuster and made Gael Garcia Bernal (born 1978) a Mexican actor and director as a household name. I saw that movie and I
It is hard to believe that this book was published in the 1880s. The issues about the Catholic church, corrupt priests and abuse are very current and this book holds nothing back on the impact that this has on the abused. The author describes a world full of hypocrisy, corruption and evil. There is hardly a redeeming character. The novel is as shocking as perhaps some of DH Lawrence's work was but was published so much earlier. This book is a must for any lover of good literature.
An edited version of this article was first published as Book Review: The Crime of Father Amaro by José Maria de Eça de Queiroz on Blogcritics.org.I haven't written a book review in a while, and that is because I had been preoccupied with reading this massive work by José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, none other than his most famous novel, entitled The Crime of Father Amaro. And after reading it, I was blown away.Well, tradition dictates that I narrate a brief synopsis of the book, and this is
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