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Autumn and Winter Sonatas (Empire of the Senses): The Memoirs of Marquis of Bradomin
Author(s): Ramon del Valle-Inclan (Author), Margaret Jull Costa (Editor, Translator)
- Publisher: Dedalus Ltd
- Publication Date: 15 Jun. 1998
- Language: English
- Print length: 176 pages
- ISBN-10: 1873982836
- ISBN-13: 9781873982839
Book Description
The scene has shifted from verdant Italy and steamy Mexico to rainy Galicia and wintry Navarre and the court of the pretender Carlos during the final Carlist War.
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From the Back Cover
Autumn and Winter Sonatas completes the cycle begun with Spring and Summer Sonatas when the Marquis of Bradomin was at the height of his powers. The scene has shifted, however, from verdant Italy and steamy Mexico to rainy Galicia and to wintry Navarre and the court of the pretender Carlos during the final Carlist War. Valle-Inclan’s last two Sonatas are decadent in every sense of the word. He interweaves death, sex and religion – Bradomin seducing the pious, protesting Concha even as she is dying and, later, casually making an innocent convent pupil fall in love with him, a young girl who might well be his own daughter – but this Bradomin is now white-haired and fearful that his sexual powers may be waning. The world he inhabits and the beliefs he claims to embrace are also falling away.
About the Author
Ramon del Valle-Inclan (1869-1935) was one of the major Spanish writers of his period. His bohemianism and quick wit, and the success of his novels, plays and verse made him an outstanding figure in Madrid literary circles. Dedalus published Spring & Summer Sonatas in 1997 and Autumn and Winter Sonatas in 1998.
Margaret Jull Costa has translated the works of many Spanish and Portuguese writers. She has won numerous awards for her translations, including 2018 she won the Premio Vall-Inclan for On the Edge by Rafael Chirbes.
In 2013, she was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and, in 2014, was awarded an OBE for services to literature. In 2018, she was awarded the Ordem Infante D. Henrique by the Portuguese government and a Lifetime Award for Excellence in Translation by the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute in New York.
