The Relic (European Classics)
4.3
(4 ratings)294 pages1994Hippocrene BooksISBN 9780946626946
About this book
"The Relic is an irreverent fictional autobiography narrating the picaresque adventures of Teodorico, a Portuguese playboy determined to be the sole heir of his absurdly pious, sexually repressed, and tyrannical Auntie. Sent to the Holy Land, he returns with what he presumes is the "relic of relics" in hopes of persuading Auntie to bequeath her vast fortune to him. While in Jerusalem, Teodorico has a vision in which he witnesses Christ's trial and crucifixion and the founding of Christianity--with a twist."--Google books.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Hippocrene Books
- Published
- 1994
- Pages
- 294
- ISBN
- 9780946626946
About Unknown Author
José Maria de Eça de Queiroz is generally considered to have been the greatest Portuguese writer in the realist style. Zola considered him to be far greater than Flaubert. ---------- José Maria de Eça de Queiroz foi um escritor e diplomata português. É considerado um dos mais importantes escritores portugueses de sempre. Foi autor de romances de reconhecida importância, como O Crime do Padre Amaro e Os Maias, considerado por muitos o melhor romance realista português do século XIX.
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