Crime Of Father Amaro by De Queirez, Eca, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US
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Crime Of Father Amaro by De Queirez, Eca, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US. Crime Of Father Amaro by De Queirez, Eca, ISBN 1873982895, ISBN-13 9781873982891, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This is a new translation of Eca de Queiroz's third and final version of The Crime of Father Amaro, published in 1880. In it he sets out to expose the hypocrisy of small-town, provincial Portugal, of so-called freethinkers and, in particular, of the Church. In this blackest of comedies, Eca de Queiroz depicts the destructive effects of celibacy on a priest lacking any true vocation. Father Amaro, whose name means 'bitter' in Portuguese, sours for ever the life of the young Amelia. It is a novel in which the innocent are condemned and the guilty prosper. Crime Of Father Amaro by De Queirez, Eca, ISBN 1873982895, ISBN-13 9781873982891, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This is a new translation of Eca de Queiroz's third and final version of The Crime of Father Amaro, published in 1880. In it he sets out to expose the hypocrisy of small-town, provincial Portugal, of so-called freethinkers and, in particular, of the Church. In this blackest of comedies, Eca de Queiroz depicts the destructive effects of celibacy on a priest lacking any true vocation. Father Amaro, whose name means 'bitter' in Portuguese, sours for ever the life of the young Amelia. It is a novel in which the innocent are condemned and the guilty prosper.
