num_pages: 176
description: Bitten by a rabid dog in colonial South America, twelve-year-old Sierva Marâia is sent to a convent to endure torturous therapies and meets bookish Father Cayetano Delaura, with whom she shares a doomed affair.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: Del amor y otros demonios
titlecomplete: Del amor y otros demonios
characters: don Toribio de Cáceres y Virtudes, Bernarda Cabrera, Josefa Miranda, Cayetano Delaura, Martina Laborde, don Ignacio, Dulce Olivia, Sierva María, Abrenuncio
genres: Spanish Literature, Historical Fiction, Novels, Literature, Latin American, Classics, Romance, Fiction, Latin American Literature, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 72835
places: Colombia
publisher: Plaza y Janes