El valor literario del Lázaro de 1555

Seven middle-aged women, who have not seen each other for more than 30 years, are called to a class reunion at which they are forced to confront a terrible secret from their childhood.

Edited, translated, and introduced by Luis A. Ramos-Garcia Based on the princeps edition (1801) and preceded by a lengthy introductory study, this critical annonated edition documents key aspects of Spain's controversial Age of Reason, particularly the uncertain shifts in ideas, and the peculiarities of Montengon's idiosyncratic philosophical system.

This novel is unique in the time period. Written in Spanish, by a French author, and published in Paris, the title (Deceits of this World) relates to a well-established genre wherein literature and morality were intertwined. Loubayssin writes with irony and wit. It is delicately erotic, a feature that cannot be found in its Spanish counterparts, due to the repressive censorship in Spain at that time. - In Spanish.

El abuelo de esta historia puede soñar lo que se le antoje y hasta soñar por encargo los deseos del panadero, la frutera o el camarero. ¿Se trata de un verdadero domador de sueños o de un avezado inventor de historias? Un libro-sueño, de ilustraciones exquisitas, del que uno no quiere despertar.