El jardín de la culpa
By: Elias Hasbun, M.D.
Series: Scripta Humanistica -- 173; Scripta Humanistica (Series) -- 173.
Publisher: Scripta Humanistica
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Potomac, Maryland, USA
Language: spa
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781882528646
Subjects: Peruvian Authors; Écrivains péruviens
Description: In the imaginative world of creative writing, the prose fiction that is here presented once again by a talented and perceptive author/physician, Elias Hasbun, M.D. expands and complements the extensive corpus of humanistic writings proudly published in the Scripta Humanistica literary series. The novel at hand, El jardín de la culpa (The Garden of Guilt), set in and around the historical city of Cusco, Peru, is a masterpiece of realistic fiction that delves into the complexity of human behavior in a conflicting time of Latin American society where traditional values and modern beliefs are often at odds. Old and new ideas conflict in a setting where the presence of the Church, the Inquisition and popular superstitions shape social conduct.From the point of view of artistic form, style and psychological penetration, Hasbun's novel echoes the finest moments in the annals of nineteenth-century Spanish literature with such works by Juan Valera, as Pepita Jiménez, and Benito Pérez Galdós, Doña Perfecta. The author engages the reader in a well-developed story of intrigue, suspense, and death cast in a background rich in visual, olfactory and auditory sensations. The hermeneutic framework of the novel makes it an important and valuable reading for the student of Latin American literature, a significant example of scholarly research, and a superb model of expository prose for aspiring authors.--Publisher.
Table of contents: title: La carta; title: El Doctor Pérez; title: Ines; title: El sueño; title: El Obispo Gregorio; title: Entrevista con Marta Serrano; title: La beata; title: Continuación de la entrevista con Marta Serrano; title: En la Montaña; title: Entrevista con el Mayor Serrano; title: Lectura de la carta; title: El retrato; title: Borra de Marca; title: Doble realidad; title: Viaje; title: San blas; title: Revelación; title: Diego de Bobadilla; title: Encuentro; title: Súplica; title: Marta y Ricardo; title: El cuaderno; title: La batalla.