After the death of Don Juan

Warner, Sylvia Townsend

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According to legend, after murdering the father of a woman he attempted to seduce, the evil Don Juan is dragged by demons down to hell. But what happens next? Set in the Spanish countryside, and featuring a diverse cast of peasants, aristocrats and vengeful ghosts, this novel was Sylvia Townsend Warner’s response to the Spanish Civil War, which she had witnessed at first-hand as an ambulance driver. As funny as it is moving, it ultimately serves as a unique meditation on the tensions at the heart of fascism.

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Publish Date: 25/03/2021

Description

‘She has a talent amounting to genius’ John Updike

Don Juan, that notorious libertine, has disappeared. Has he been dragged down to hell by demons, as rumoured – or has he escaped? Doña Ana, the woman he tried to seduce, will stop at nothing to discover the truth. Set in a rural eighteenth-century Spain rife with suspicion and cruelty, and featuring a glorious cast of peasants, aristocrats and vengeful ghosts, this moving, surprising tragicomedy is also Sylvia Townsend Warner’s response to the dark days of the Spanish Civil War.

‘The kind of novelist who inspires an intense sense of ownership in her fans’ Sarah Waters

Additional information

Weight 179 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 14 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

320

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.912 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K